The great systems that inform the world about the truth and life invariably claim to be absolutely truthful and well-balanced. In reality they are quaking bridges built out of yearning.
..That's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary. - Peter Høeg
..That's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary.
- Peter Høeg
Confronted with people who have power, and who enjoy using it, I turn into a different person, a baser and meaner one. - Peter Høeg
Confronted with people who have power, and who enjoy using it, I turn into a different person, a baser and meaner one.
I've had the privilege of learning foreign languages. Instead of merely speaking a watered-down form of my mother tongue, like most people, I'm also … - Peter Høeg
I've had the privilege of learning foreign languages. Instead of merely speaking a watered-down form of my mother tongue, like most people, I'm also …
The body's pain is so paper-thin and insignificant compared to that of the mind. - Peter Høeg
The body's pain is so paper-thin and insignificant compared to that of the mind.
When my mother didn't come back I realized that any moment could be the last. Nothing in life should simply be a passage from one place to another. E… - Peter Høeg
When my mother didn't come back I realized that any moment could be the last. Nothing in life should simply be a passage from one place to another. E…
When you let your mind go blank,' he said, 'or when you stop talking for a long time, something happens. Time becomes different. It goes away. It doe… - Peter Høeg
When you let your mind go blank,' he said, 'or when you stop talking for a long time, something happens. Time becomes different. It goes away. It doe…
To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost. - Peter Høeg
To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost.
If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself. - Peter Høeg
If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself.
The motive for our actions doesn't lie ahead of us. It's something behind us that we're trying to escape. - Peter Høeg
The motive for our actions doesn't lie ahead of us. It's something behind us that we're trying to escape.
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