“Oh, love will make a dog howl in rhyme.”

“Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.”

“Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love Pity's the straightest.”

“He is not rich that possesses much but he that covets no more and he is not poor that enjoys little but he that wants too much.”

“He is not rich that possesses much but he that covets no more and he is not poor that enjoys little but he that wants too much.”

“She's private to herself and best of knowledgeWhom she'll make so happy as to sigh for.”

“He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a point: the next day would be a day of doom, the day of final effort or disaster, the last gasp.”

“Conclusion 1:Boredom= Flared tempers= hard words”

“I am slowly coming to the conclusion that its more important to learn to work with what youve got, under the circumstances youve been given, than wishing for different ones.”

“How can he not share his newfound joy with his fellow man? And it is joy. Theres a pure kind of joy in the certainty of belief. The certainty that your life has purpose and meaning.”

“Rush-hour on the A rain. A blind man staggers forth, his cane tapping lightlyown the aisle. He leans against the door,raises a violin to chin, and says Im sorry to bother you, folks. But please. Ju...”

“If you don't know when you're good, how can you know when you're bad?”

“There ain't no devil, only God when he's drunk.”

“Fiction described reality better than non-fiction.”

“Further to this, Ove has the cat's resentful stares to contend with. Something in its eyes reminds him of the way Sonja used to look at him.”