“It was late in September and a little more than twenty degrees, so what the hell were people smiling for? They ought to be raising their faces toward the ozone layer in horror.””
The Absent One
Quotes by Jussi
“But promises based on ignorance always prove disappointing.””
The Keeper of Lost Causes
“In tiny Denmark the system wasso ingenious that if you knew some dirt about somebody, they also knew something just as bad about you. If it wasn't hushed up, the one person's offense quickly infected the other's. A strange, practical principle that meant that no one would say anything about anyone else, not even if they were caught with their hands in the biscuit tin.””
“(Hän) huomasi välillä ikävöivänsä Suomea, harmaisiin ja mustiin pukeutuneita ihmisiä, jotka aamuisin seisoivat surullisina bussipysäkillä kuin olisivat juuri menettäneet kaiken.””
He eivät tiedä mitä tekevät
“Carl sent a message from his brain to his hands that it was still illegal to strangle people.””
The Keeper of Lost Causes
“Der skal to mennesker til et venskab, men kun ét til svig.””
Alfabethuset
“It came from down where laughter is a defense and not an outstretched hand.””
The Absent One
JussiCarl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen (born 2 August 1950) is a Danish writer of crime fiction, as well as a publisher, editor, and entrepreneur. Jussi Adler-Olsen made his debut as a nonfiction wr...