A Man Called Ove Quotes

  • Ove: The dog must stop peeing at our place.

    Mähät: Don't listen to the mean old man, Prince. Anders! Did you see that? The old man tried to kill Prince.

    Anders: What did you do to the dog?

    Ove: That's not a dog. It looks like a winter boot with eyes.

  • Parvaneh: You're amazingly crap at dying.

  • Ove: One thing is certain though: Whatever we do in this life, no one gets out of it alive.

  • Ove: They say the brain works faster as it is dying. As if the outside world is moving in slow motion.

  • Ove: One thing is certain. Whatever we do in this life, we will not live past it.

  • Ove: Some people say that fate is the result of our own foolishness.

  • Ove: Hey! What are you doing?

    Mähät: It scratched Prince.

    Ove: Throw another stone and I'll sew a doormat with your mop!

    Mähät: It is a chihuahua. And the cat certainly has both rabies and plague.

    Ove: Oh, yes. Clearly, you do, too, but we do not throw stones at you.

    Mähät: You still think you can do whatever you want? Slimy fucking old man. I'll tell Anders.

    Ove: Go ahead, tell him. If you can make someone who drives an Audi understand. Four zeros on the grill and a fifth at the wheel. If that dog pees in our area again, I'll electrify it. Idiot!

  • Ove: I thought, I should pay back the money.

    Sonja: Wouldn't it be nicer if you invite me to dinner?

  • Parvaneh: Did you think she would disappear just because you close the garage? You're a fool!

  • Parvaneh: I just thought of something.

    Ove: Stop bragging.

  • Ove: [Parvaneh finishing parallel parking] Well done. Switch the engine off. Now you know how to park as well.

    Parvaneh: What do you mean, "well done"? I just bumped into a car.

    Ove: So what? It was just a Volvo.