“She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talki...”

“A time like that comes for every man, when he choses what sort of man he wants to be. And if you don't know the story, you don't know the man.”

“At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?”

“He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced.”