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1. "He turned to take one last look at the Old People's Home that – until a few moments ago – he had thought would be his last residence on Earth, and then he told himself that he could die some other time, in some other place.The hundred-year-old man set off in his pee-slippers (so called because men of an advanced age rarely pee further than their shoes), first through a park and then alongside an open field where a market was occasionally held in the otherwise quiet provincial town." ~ Jonas Jonasson

2. "When life has gone into overtime it's easy to take liberties," ~ Jonas Jonasson

3. "There are undoubtedly advantages to being dead, said Julius." ~ Jonas Jonasson

4. "Revenge is not a good thing. Revenge is like politics: one thing always leads to another until bad has become worse, and worse has become worst." ~ Jonas Jonasson

5. "Things are what they are, and whatever will be, will be." ~ Jonas Jonasson

6. "Julius didn't want to use the freezer unnecessarily because it used a hell of a lot of electricity. Julius had of course hot-wired it, and it was Gösta at Forest Cottage farm who unknowingly paid, but it was important to steal electricity in moderation if you wanted to keep taking advantage of the perk for a long time." ~ Jonas Jonasson

7. "Für Benny und die Schöne Frau herrschte ständig eitel Sonnenschein, und das ganz wetterunabhängig. Wären sie nicht so dermaßen zur Fahnung ausgeschrieben gewesen, hätten sie vom Fleck weg Hochzeit gefeiert. Wenn man erst mal ein reiferes Alter erreicht hat, erkennt man viel leichter, was richtig für einen ist." ~ Jonas Jonasson

8. "Allan onderbrak de broers op dat punt met de opmerking dat hij de wereld had gezien en als hij daar iets van had geleerd, dan was het dat de allergrootste en ogenschijnlijk onmogelijkste conflicten op aarde gemakkelijk voorkomen hadden kunnen worden: 'Jij bent dom, nee, jij bent dom, nee, jij bent dom." ~ Jonas Jonasson

9. "Dr. Eklund was utterly dumbfounded. Did the prime minister think that a waiter who had dropped out of school before he was ten years old could be put to use to build atom bombs for Sweden?" ~ Jonas Jonasson

10. "Allan lurte på hva den lille mannen gjorde i luken hvis han ikke solgte billetter, men sa ingenting. Den lille mannen satt jo kanskje og lurte på det samme." ~ Jonas Jonasson

11. "In the end, they could think of no better solution than to put a bullet between his eyes, so they could go about their task in peace." ~ Jonas Jonasson

12. "Les choses sont ce qu'elles sont et elles seront ce qu'elles seront." ~ Jonas Jonasson

13. "Eine Witzfigur und ein Parasit im Kampf gegen einen Trottel und Versager mit der Intelligenz einer Kuh. Und zwischen ihnen eine Schlange, die sich mit grünem Bananenlikör betrank." ~ Jonas Jonasson

14. "But Allan left other people to themselves, dead or alive." ~ Jonas Jonasson

15. "This passenger was wondering why he had stolen a big grey suitcase on four wheels. Was it because he could and because the owner was a lout, or because the suitcase might contain a pair of shoes and even a hat? Or was it because the old man didn't have anything to lose? Allan really couldn't say why he did it. When life has gone into overtime it's easy to take liberties, he thought, and he made himself comfortable in the seat.So far, Allan was satisfied with the way the day had developed. Then he closed his eyes for his afternoon nap." ~ Jonas Jonasson

16. "Det tog tre månader genom Europa och på vägen fick han möta fler negrer än han någonsin kunnat drömma om. Men redan efter den första hade han tappat intresset. Det visade sig ju inte vara någon annan skillnad än just färgen på huden, förutom att de pratade konstigt språk allihop, men det gjorde ju vitingarna också, från Småland och söderut. Den där Lundborg måste ha blivit skrämd av en neger som barn, trodde Allan." ~ Jonas Jonasson

17. "Hij kwam niet verder, want Stalin explodeerde opnieuw. 'We hebben die verdomde atoombom van jou niet nodig om te vechten en te winnen! Wat we nodig hebben zijn socialistische zielen en harten! Wie voelt dat hij nooit overwonnen kan worden, kan ook nooit overwonnen worden!''Voor zover iemand geen atoombom op hem laat vallen', zei Allan.'Ik zal het kapitalisme vernietigen! Hoor je dat? Ik zal iedere afzonderlijke kapitalist vernietigen! En ik begin met jou, hond, als je ons niet helpt met die bom!'Allan wilde echter niet langer aan tafel zitten en beledigingen aanhoren. Hij was naar Moskou gekomen om te helpen, niet om uitgescholden te worden. Stalin mocht het zelf uitzoeken.'Ik heb iets bedacht', zei Allan.'En dat is?' vroeg Stalin boos.'Zou je die snor van je niet eens afscheren?'Daarmee was het diner voorbij, want de tolk viel flauw." ~ Jonas Jonasson

18. "Ta bare en slik ting som at syv av ti bolsjeviker ikke kan lese, hadde Fabbe fnyst. Vi kan vel ikke overgi makten til en masse analfabeter. I brevene hjem til familien i Yxhult hadde Allans far likevel forsvart bolsjevikene på dette punktet, for familien skulle bare vite hvordan det russiske alfabetet så ut. Det var ikke noe rart om folk ble analfabeter." ~ Jonas Jonasson

19. "The container had been packed half-full of steel cylinders of some sort, each one of them in a protective wooden box with a lid. Allan was totally exhausted once the heavy corpse was finally in place inside one of the two innermost cylinders. But when he closed the wooden lid and saw the address label, he livened up. Addis Ababa. ‘He's going to see the world if he keeps his peepers open,' said Allan." ~ Jonas Jonasson

20. "Allan pochválil Herberta za dobre vykonanú prácu a skvelý herecký výkon. Herbert sa zacervenal, chválu odbil mávnutím ruky a pridal komentár, že nie je tažké hrat hlupáka, ked ním je. Allan povedal, že nevie, aké tažké to môže byt, pretože tí hlupáci, ktorých doteraz v živote stretol, sa všetci pokúšali hrat opak." ~ Jonas Jonasson

21. "And there Allan could see an opening. In a prison camp you couldn't just hang around, because if you did then the guards would shoot you.Herbert liked the idea, but it gave him the creeps at the same time. A load of bullets, wouldn't that be dreadfully painful?" ~ Jonas Jonasson

22. "Immer wieder erstaunlich, was so ein paar Flaschen Tequila für die Völkerfreundschaft tun können." ~ Jonas Jonasson

23. "—You should beware of priests, my son. And people who don't drink vodka. Worst of all are priests who don't drink vodka." ~ Jonas Jonasson

24. "..it was so ridiculous that it had to be true - he could hardly hae made it up." ~ Jonas Jonasson

25. "Allan interrupted the two brothers by saying that he had been out and about in the world and if there was one thing he had learned it was that the very biggest and apparently most impossible conflicts on earth were based on the dialogue: "You are stupid, no, it's you who are stupid, no, it's you who are stupid." The solution, said Allan, was often to down a bottle of vodka together and then look ahead." ~ Jonas Jonasson

26. "The very biggest and apparently most impossible conflicts on earth were based on the dialogue: 'You are stupid, no, it's you who are stupid.' The solution, said Allan, was often t down a bottle of vodka together and then look ahed." ~ Jonas Jonasson

27. "Allan Emmanuelle Karlsson closed his eyes and felt perfectly convinced that he would now pass away for ever. It had been exciting, the entire journey, but nothing lasts for ever, except possibly general stupidity." ~ Jonas Jonasson

28. "Bücher hatten einfach etwas Sympathisches, ihre bloße Existenz war erfreulich." ~ Jonas Jonasson

29. "People could behave how they liked, but Allan considered that in general it was quite unnecessary to be grumpy if you had the chance not to." ~ Jonas Jonasson

30. "I shall destroy capitalism! Do you hear! I shall destroy every single capitalist! And I shall start with you, you dog, if you don't help us with the bomb!'Allan noted that the had managed to be both a rat and a dog in the course of a minute or so. And that Stalin was being rather inconsistent, because now he wanted to use Allan's services after all.But Allan wasn't going to sit there and listen to this abuse any longer. He had come to Moscow to help them out, not to be shouted at. Stalin would have to manage on his own.'I've been thinking,' said Allan.'What,' said Stalin angrily.'Why don't you shave off that moustache?'With that the dinner was over, because the interpreter fainted." ~ Jonas Jonasson

31. "Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian." ~ Jonas Jonasson

32. "Allan thought it sounded unnecessary for the people in the seventeenth century to kill each other. If they had only been a little patient they would all have died in the end anyway. Julius said that you could say the same of all epochs" ~ Jonas Jonasson

33. "Allan woke up and wondered whether it wouldn't soon be time to go to bed." ~ Jonas Jonasson

34. "Imagine that, death was just like being asleep. Would he have time to think before it was all over? And would he have time to think that he had thought it? But wait, how much do you have to think before you have finished thinking?" ~ Jonas Jonasson

35. "Allan had always reasoned about religion that if you couldn't know for sure then there was no point in going around guessing." ~ Jonas Jonasson

36. "Benny gave her an admiring look. He had never heard a woman swear so much in such a short time. He thought it sounded delightful." ~ Jonas Jonasson

37. "Hi Allan, it's Harry''Which Harry?''Truman, Allan. Harry S. Truman, the president, damn it!''How nice! That was a good meal we had Mr President, thank you. I hope you weren't required to fly the plane home?" ~ Jonas Jonasson

38. "Politics sometimes is not only unnecessary but also unnecessary complicated." ~ Jonas Jonasson

39. "But God answered with silence. He did that sometimes, and Father Ferguson always interpreted it to mean that he should think for himself. Admittedly, it didn't always work out well when the pastor thought for himself, but you couldn't just give up." ~ Jonas Jonasson

40. "Mensen mochten zich gedragen zoals ze wilden, maar hij vond dat het over het algemeen onnodig was om chagrijnig te zijn als je de mogelijkheid hebt om dat niet te zijn." ~ Jonas Jonasson

41. "And not only that, Mr Stalin. I have been in China for the purpose of making war against Mao Tse-tung, before I went to Iran and prevented an attempt to assassinate Churchill.' ‘Churchill? That fat pig!' Stalin shouted. Stalin recovered for a moment before downing a whole glass of vodka. Allan watched enviously. He too would like to have his glass filled, but didn't think it was the right moment for such a request." ~ Jonas Jonasson

42. "Wenn du mit einem Schweden um die Wette saufen willst, solltest du zumindest Finne oder Russe sein.(S. 148)" ~ Jonas Jonasson

43. "For Benny and The Beauty, the sun was always shining whatever the weather, and if they hadn't been on the run from the law, they would probably have gotten married right away. Once you've reached a certain age, it is easier to sense when everything feels exactly right." ~ Jonas Jonasson

44. "Allan said that they would all turn up soon. And then he ended with some encouraging words about how he thought that there wasn't a single person in the world who had gone so far with such a limited intelligence as Amanda had done. And Amanda thought that was so beautifully said, that tears came to her eyes." ~ Jonas Jonasson

45. "...you'll see that things will turn out like they do, because that is what usually happens - almost always, in fact" ~ Jonas Jonasson

46. "Allan supporta la privation pendant exactement cinq ans et trois semaines. Et puis un jour il annonça: maintenant j'ai envie de boire un coup. Et ici il n'y a rien à boire. Alors on s'en va." ~ Jonas Jonasson

47. "The hundred-year-old man had never let himself be irritated by people, even when there was a good reason to be, and he was not annoyed by the uncouth manner of this youth." ~ Jonas Jonasson

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