Quote by Henning Mankell
I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. Y

I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see whats happening in society. I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things in society. – Henning Mankell

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I live with one foot in the sand and one in the snow. Theres European egocentricity, and the African opposite. I normally say that my African experience has made me a better European. – Henning Mankell

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Experience
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I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving goodbye. If that happens, I hope I die quickly. – Henning Mankell

Category:
Hope
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Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that its a perfect democratic society full of erotically charged girls. – Henning Mankell

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Society
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. – Mark Twain

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Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned. – Swami Nirmalananda, Enlightened Anarchism

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There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Mohandas K. Gandhi

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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. – Charles de Secondat

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