"It was time to feel proud of herself, to recognize that she had been able to do this, that she had finally had the courage and was leaving this life: What joy! Also she was doing it as she had always dreamed she would - by taking sleeping pills, which leave no mark" (pg. 3.)

"No one can judge. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering or the total absence of meaning in their lives. Veronika wanted to explain that, but instead she choked on the tube in her mouth" (pg. 14.)

"It was best to put an end to everything now, while she was still brave and healthy enough to die" (pg. 24.)

"Veronika] had always spent her life waiting for something: for her father to come back from work, for the letter from a lover that never arrived, for her end of year exams, for the train...