334 Quotes by Jostein Gaarder

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent.

It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.

Widzimy wszystko jakby w zwierciadle, niejasno. Czasami możemy zajrzeć przez lustro i zobaczyć odrobinę tego, co jest po drugiej stronie. Gdybyśmy całkiem wyczyścili zwierciadło, zobaczylibyśmy o wiele więcej. Ale wtedy nie moglibyśmy już widzieć siebie...

But if two people do almost nothing except search for one another, it's hardly surprising if they run across each other by chance.

But the days are still ours, and we still have many fine moments ahead of us.

Although I've always been easily led by my imagination, I was, and I remain, a rational person.

I no longer feel the need to see and sense more than I've already experienced. I just want so desperately to hang on what I have.

We are the universe.