The Thirst

Of course we lose them, everyone we try to hold on to, the fates disdain us, make us small, pathetic. When we cry for people we’ve lost, it’s not out of sympathy, because of course we know that they’re free from pain at last. But still we cry. We cry because we’re alone again. We cry out of self-pity.

Harry běžel. Běhání nesnášel. Někteří lidé běhají, protože se jim to líbí. Haruki Murakami běhá rád. Harrymu se líbily knihy Harukiho Murakamiho, s výjimkou té o běhání, tu odložil. [...] Šel se vysprchovat. Sprchoval se rád. Někdo by měl o sprchování napsat knihu.

My honesty now is merely a long-term investment in my own plausibility. Because there may come a day when I really need to lie, and then it might be handy if you think I’m honest.

That’s the curse, isn’t it? When you’re not good at what you love, and good at something you hate.

Harry doesn't like people, you see." "I do like people," Harry said. "I just don't like being with them. Particularly when there's a lot of them at the same time.

because for some people facts were just minor irritants that got in the way of their obsessions. Got

When we cry for people we’ve lost, it’s not out of sympathy, because of course we know that they’re free from pain at last. But still we cry. We cry because we’re alone again. We cry out of self-pity.

immersed himself in a review of Sufjan Stevens’s latest album

There was an article in the Los Angeles Times saying that in 2012 more than twice as many people were killed in accidental shootings as in self-defence. And almost forty times as many shot themselves. And that’s before you even start to look at the statistics for murder.

Cold was the natural, dominant state. Heat the exception. – Dr. Steffens

I do like people. I just don’t like being with them. Particularly not when there’s a lot of them at the same time. – Harry Hole

Narcissists love being loved or hated. Other people’s fear confirms and inflate their self image. What they find insulting is to be ignored or belittled. – Harry Hole

Young people have always had an enviable confidence in their own moral judgments. – Dr. Steffens

An alcoholic hates and curses drink because it ruins his life. But at the same time it is his life. – Harry Hole

Everything gets decided according to what society needs or doesn’t need at any given time. Morality is flexible and utilitarian. - Sveine Finne

Human beings are notorious, they insist on making the same mistakes over and over again, even after they’ve received new information. - Ståle Aune (Aune’s thesis)

People add lemon to gin, and to fish, because they claim it makes the taste more pronounced. But that’s wrong, lemon paralyzes the taste buds and drowns everything else. We add lemon to hide a taste of something we don’t actually like. Cod liver oil started to sell much better when they began to add lemon. So maybe our vampire doesn’t like the taste of blood, maybe his consumption of blood is also a compulsion. - Harry Hole

It’s mostly men who are afflicted with Othello syndrome. While male murderers with Othello syndrome have a tendency to use their hands, female Othellos use knives or blunt instruments. – Ståle Aune

Research has shown that women usually see more nuances of color than men. – Bjorn Holm

She attended a lecture of a psychologist who had been in close contact with some of the worst criminals in the country had said that men killed for sex, money and power, and women as a result of jealousy and fear.

And sexually motivated murders, the victim was four times more likely to be a woman. – Elise Hermansen

Maybe you’ve heard of the Goldman Dilemma from the 1980s?

Narcissists love being loved,’ Harry said. ‘Or hated. Other people’s fear confirms and inflates their self-image. What they find insulting is to be ignored or belittled.

perhaps that was the cause of the tiny trace of anxiety he still felt? That time couldn’t be stopped, that things happened, that life was like the smoke from a cigarette, moving even in the most airtight of rooms, changing in the most unpredictable ways. And seeing as everything was perfect now, any change could only be for the worse.