One problem with people is that as soon as they fill a space it's them you see and not the space. Large, desolate landscapes stop being large, desola…

- Erlend Loe

Everything seemed meaningless to me. All of a sudden. My own life, the lives of others, of animals of plants, the whole world. It no longer fitted to…

- Erlend Loe

I don't want all that much. But I want to be fine. I want to live a simple life with many good moments and a lot of fun.

- Erlend Loe

I think I'm more concerned with things that are very big and things that are very small than with all the stuff in between.

- Erlend Loe

…I don’t wish to meet people. They disgust me. Increasingly so. But I must have milk.

- Erlend Loe

I have enough trouble with useful information, never mind being burdened with what is useless.

- Erlend Loe

But I would rather have snow. Snow is the on.y weather I really like. Nothing makes me less grumpy than snow. I can sit by a window for hours watchin…

- Erlend Loe

The only question that really counts, must be thins one: are things getting better or are they getting worse?

- Erlend Loe

When the universe is ephemeral, one can easily feel that human existence is meaningless. Why should I do anything at all? On the other hand it is tem…

- Erlend Loe