Quotes from David Lagercrantz

how the sensational always sticks in the mind and stands out at the expense of the ordinary, which – maybe precisely because it is so ordinary – tells us something more significant about the real world.

What had he said about machines?" Block was not entirely sure about that. Something about their eventually being able to think, something which the woman said was at odds with the Christian view of things, just like his sexual inclinations.

The apple was meant to take away the bitter taste, perhaps," he said. "I imagine that Mr. Turing wasn't exactly looking for a taste experience," said Corell. "Man always tries to limit his suffering.

She spoke the truth or said nothing at all,

In her opinion he was an intellectual who had consciously decided to see the world in a positive light,

una estrella se mantiene con vida gracias a dos fuerzas contrapuestas: por un lado, la de las explosiones nucleares internas, que tienden a expandirla y, por otro, la de la gravedad, que la mantiene unida en su conjunto.

wrote: What should we make of Frans Balder's artificial intelligence? The words blinked onto the computer screen: Mission accomplished! - Plague

have no idea who she was," Brandell said, "although I did recognize her from somewhere—I had the feeling that it was something bad. She was tattooed and pierced and all that crap and looked like a heavy rocker or goth or punk, plus she was as thin as hell.

it's always the wrong people who have the guilty conscience. Those who are really responsible for suffering in the world couldn't care less. It's the ones fighting for good who are consumed by remorse. You've

synaesthesia—the condition where two or more senses are connected, for example when numbers are seen in colour and every series of numbers forms an image in the mind.

El que vigila al pueblo acaba siendo vigilado por el pueblo. Hay una fundamental lógica democrática en ello»

perhaps the will to please leads people to crime as often as evil or greed does. People want to fit in and do well, and they do indescribably stupid things because of it. Is

Fue como cuando en un avión, de repente, a la azafata le empieza a temblar la mano durante el vuelo, ese momento en el que comienzas a pensar que te vas a estrellar.

If joy could express itself with the same force as pain,

something that was called an agreement is not necessarily always that. On the contrary, one party might advance their self-interest under the guise of a common decision, and in the long run it often becomes clear that someone is suffering, despite assurances to the contrary.

Prime numbers have become secrecy's best friends.

Maybe a few fabulous drawings were nothing as compared to being able to ask for a glass of milk, or exchange a few words with a friend, or a father. What did he know?

over-inflated expectations

opinions are there to be changed as we grow older and wiser". Mats

I saw her eyes and then it no longer mattered how neat and tidy she looked. What I saw was lethal. Her eyes were jet black.

perhaps it is the will to please that leads people to crime just as often as evil or greed.

Nada é impossível, e o nosso trabalho é expandir os limites.

Até as coisas eternas têm seu tempo.

silence and calm are more intimidating than any outburst,