Jussi Adler-Olsen Quotes

“Assad whistled a few notes of one of his native country's melancholic songs. It sounded as though he was whistling backwards”

“Assad: 'I have written it just down here.'He Pointed to a number of Arabic symbols that could just as well have meant it was going to snow in the Lofoten Islands in the morning.”

“Being articulate is no guarantee of intelligence,” Zoe said. “I’m not doubting the value of education. I’m doubting its reach. Highly educated politicians still do stupid things. Anthony Weiner was educated; Mugabi was educated; Assad was educated; Mussolini was educated. For all their education, look at them.”

“I hereby arm myself for today with coffee and the willingness to be wrong.”

“I don't think irony's meant to synergize with anything as heartfelt assadness.”

“Assad has to be removed, and then you have to actually put someone in that is a qualified leader that can start to build some trust in that area.”

“Was she pregnant then?' asked Assad. Judging by the number of family members in his photos, it was a feminine condition with which he was quite familiar.”

“You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.”

“None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.”

“Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.”