You can plan for things, work towards them for years, and yet they never materialize. Or you can just happen to be in the right place at the right moment, and everything falls into place. If you want to believe in something like Fate, she's a capricious character. Sometimes she stand there blocking the doorway you were born to pass through, and sometimes she takes you by the hand and leads you through the minute you poke your nose out. And the stars gaze down and keep their counsel.
They stood there for a while, not saying anything. Then Eli said: 'Do you want to come in?' Oskar didn't reply. Eli pulled on her T-shirt, lifted her… - John Ajvide Lindqvist
They stood there for a while, not saying anything. Then Eli said: 'Do you want to come in?' Oskar didn't reply. Eli pulled on her T-shirt, lifted her…
- John Ajvide Lindqvist
For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli's eyes. And what he saw was...himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger than what he thought of hims… - John Ajvide Lindqvist
For a few seconds Oskar saw through Eli's eyes. And what he saw was...himself. Only much better, more handsome, stronger than what he thought of hims…
He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that was forbidden to him. They could give a number … - John Ajvide Lindqvist
He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that was forbidden to him. They could give a number …
This wasn't the way he had expected his life to be. It worked, but that was about all. Happiness had got lost somewhere along the way. - John Ajvide Lindqvist
This wasn't the way he had expected his life to be. It worked, but that was about all. Happiness had got lost somewhere along the way.
Are you OLD?" "No. I'm only twelve. But I've been that for a long time. - John Ajvide Lindqvist
Are you OLD?" "No. I'm only twelve. But I've been that for a long time.
Keep your relationships brief. Don’t let them in. Once they’re inside they have more potential to hurt you. Comfort yourself. You can live with the a… - John Ajvide Lindqvist
Keep your relationships brief. Don’t let them in. Once they’re inside they have more potential to hurt you. Comfort yourself. You can live with the a…
That's how things are these days: everything must move aside to make room for the new, all the time. - John Ajvide Lindqvist
That's how things are these days: everything must move aside to make room for the new, all the time.
What he was scared of was not that maybe she was a creature who survived by drinking other people's blood. No, it was that she might push him away. - John Ajvide Lindqvist
What he was scared of was not that maybe she was a creature who survived by drinking other people's blood. No, it was that she might push him away.
A new life? There’s not such thing. It was only in the magazine headlines that people got a new life. Stopped drinking or taking drugs, found a new l… - John Ajvide Lindqvist
A new life? There’s not such thing. It was only in the magazine headlines that people got a new life. Stopped drinking or taking drugs, found a new l…
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