Henning Mankell in quotes: 10 of the best
Guardian Staff
As we mourn the author Henning Mankell, who created the detective Kurt Wallander, we gather together some of his most memorable quotes
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The evil always comes from details.

― The Man from Beijing (2010)

I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.

― The Dogs of Riga (1992)

To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child.

― When the Snow Fell (2007)

People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.

― The Troubled Man (2009)

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

― The Art of Listening, a piece he wrote for the New York Times in 2011

Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.

― The Troubled Man (2009)

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

― Italian Shoes (2006)

The truth changes all the time.

― The Man from Beijing (2010)

New ideas are always resisted.

― The Man from Beijing (2010)