When we say 'time', I believe we mean at least two things. We mean changes. And we mean something unchangeable. We mean something that moves . but against an unmoving background. And vice versa.Animals can sense changes. But consciousness of time involves the double sense of constancy and change. Which can only be attributed to those who give expression to it. And that can only be done through language, and only man has language.The perception of time and language are inextricably bound up with one another.
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…
- 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
..That's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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…
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.
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