“Your uncompromising attitude makes people feel pathetic. Your very existence reminds them just how much they’ve sold out, and the more you’re acclaimed, the punier they themselves appear. When it’s like that, the only way they can fight back is by dragging you down. The bullshit gives them back a little bit of dignity – at least that’s what they imagine.”
David Lagercrantz“I have the deepest respect for Eva Gabrielsson and all she has gone through, but I also know that I make maybe her sad, and I am sad about that, but I make so many other people happy.”
David Lagercrantz“The capacity of computers is doubling every eight months. It's exponential development. I think it's a real threat, actually, that a computer one day will be more intelligent than us.”
David Lagercrantz“People are so unnecessarily negative about envy. It really ought to be struck off the list of deadly sins.”
David Lagercrantz, Fall of Man in Wilmslow“Those who are different, also have a tendency to think differently.”
David Lagercrantz, Fall of Man in Wilmslow“You could probably call the whole thing an ordinary love story.”
David Lagercrantz, Fall of Man in Wilmslow“Your uncompromising attitude makes people feel pathetic. Your very existence reminds them just how much they’ve sold out, and the more you’re acclaimed, the punier they themselves appear. When it’s like that, the only way they can fight back is by dragging you down. The bullshit gives them back a little bit of dignity – at least that’s what they imagine.”
David Lagercrantz, The Girl in the Spider's Web“A man who can make love with another man can also make love with the enemy.”
David Lagercrantz, Fall of Man in Wilmslow“The apple was meant to take away the bitter taste, perhaps,” he said.“I imagine that Mr. Turing wasn’t exactly looking for a taste experience,” said Corell.“Man always tries to limit his suffering.”
David Lagercrantz, Fall of Man in Wilmslow“We're equal before the law - if we pay the same amount”
David Lagercrantz, The Girl in the Spider's Web