Wallander Quotes & Sayings

We live in an age when the mice are hunting the cats ... nobody knows who are the mice and who the cats. — Henning Mankell

Many years ago Wallander had learned that one of the manifold virtues a police officer must possess is the ability to be patient with himself. — Henning Mankell

I think my Wallander stories give a fairly good image of the world in the 1990s. I don't regret anything about that - on the contrary! — Henning Mankell

Things are as they are. — Henning Mankell

Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee," Wallander said.
"No work would be possible without coffee."
They pondered the importance of coffee in silence. — Henning Mankell

'What was that?' Wallander said.
[Linda] 'Nothing.'
'That's funny. I could have sworn you were swearing.'
'I didn't say anything.'
'I have a strange daughter,' Wallander said to Lindman. 'She curses without even knowing it.' — Henning Mankell

We all have our peculiarities," said Wallander. — Henning Mankell

It's impossible to talk to a madman wisely, Wallander thought helplessly. — Henning Mankell

I am Mae Waylander from Halts-Walden, daughter of Robert Wallander, a good man who lost his life saving hers.' I point to Ellen. 'And I am the girl who has saved your brother's life on numerous occasions in the Waerg Woods - who fought off a wood nymph, a psychotic pre-adolescent prophet, and a determined flock of killer birds - only to have your father shoot an arrow in my side because I wouldn't let him kill my stag. — Sarah Dalton

Every time Wallander stepped into a strange apartment, he felt as though he were looking at the covers of a book he had just bought. The apartment, the furniture, the pictures on the walls, and the smells were the title. Now he had to start reading. — Henning Mankell

I read the final Wallander novel, 'The Troubled Man,' not long after it was published. — Kenneth Branagh

Every time Wallander stepped into someone's home, he felt as though he were looking at the front cover of a book that he had just bought — Henning Mankell