Quotes by Fredrik Backman

107 quotes found

Columnist, blogger, and writer · Swedish

Swedish columnist, blogger, and writer

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“Winners have a tendency to be forgiven in this town.”

“It doesn't take long to persuade each other to stop seeing a person as a person. And when enough people are quiet for long enough, a handful of voices can give the impression that everyone is screa...”

— Fredrik Backman

enemy person voice

“She’s fifteen, above the age of consent, and he’s seventeen, but he’s still “the boy” in every conversation. She’s “the young woman”.Words are not small things.”

— Fredrik Backman

rape

“She is told all the things she shouldn’t have done: She shouldn’t have waited so long before going to the police. She shouldn’t have gotten rid of the clothes she was wearing. Shouldn’t have shower...”

— Fredrik Backman

rape

“For the perpetrator, rape lasts just a matter of minutes. For the victim, it never stops.”

— Fredrik Backman

rape

“Grow up and be different and don’t let anyone tell you not to be different, because all superheroes are different.”

— Fredrik Backman

different

“Ana was a tornado. A jagged, hundred-sided peg in a community where everyone was supposed to fit into round holes.”

— Fredrik Backman

different diversity