"...Dad had been beaten up by some kids his age and left lying on the ground, bleeding and with a split lip. Reading that, I thought he had never had a chance.

"...Dad had been beaten up by some kids his age and left lying on the ground, bleeding and with a split lip. Reading that, I thought he had never had a chance. Something had been broken inside him at a very young age. This is a dangerous notion because no one apart from ourselves has responsibility for what we do, we are humans, not creatures subject to forces that drive us here and there without offering any resistance. Unless of course being under the sway of others is part of the human condition, and being a good person is the same as being a lucky person.” (Knausgaard, My Struggle, Book 6)