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Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur."

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living."

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.




Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "The most subversive people are those who ask questions."

The most subversive people are those who ask questions.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs."

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.




Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward."

An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!"

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!



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

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




Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "We are thrown together with a sprinkling of stardust."

We are thrown together with a sprinkling of stardust.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life."

Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time."

There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way to ourselves."

When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way to ourselves.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "It's not a silly question if you can't answer it."

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




Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "There are five billion people living on this planet. But you fall in love with one particular person, and you won't swap her for any other."

There are five billion people living on this planet. But you fall in love with one particular person, and you won't swap her for any other.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Wisest is she who knows she does not know."

Wisest is she who knows she does not know.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "If just one of [those people] experiences life as a crazy adventure--and I mean that he, or she, experiences this every single day... Then he or she is a joker in a pack of cards."

If just one of [those people] experiences life as a crazy adventure--and I mean that he, or she, experiences this every single day... Then he or she is a joker in a pack of cards.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent."

People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others."

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Every single morning I wake with a bang,' he said. 'It's as though the fact that I am alive is injected into me; I am a character in a fairytale, bursting with life."

Every single morning I wake with a bang,' he said. 'It's as though the fact that I am alive is injected into me; I am a character in a fairytale, bursting with life.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort."

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state."

The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things."

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "All beauty that surrounds us must one day perish."

All beauty that surrounds us must one day perish.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "a sensation is always the same as a piece of news, and a piece of news never lives long."

a sensation is always the same as a piece of news, and a piece of news never lives long.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Hegel said that 'truth' is subjective, thus rejecting the existence of any 'truth' above or beyond human reason. All knowledge is human knowledge."

Hegel said that 'truth' is subjective, thus rejecting the existence of any 'truth' above or beyond human reason. All knowledge is human knowledge.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder."

The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the faculty of wonder.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "We can't own each other's past. The questioin is whether we have a future together."

We can't own each other's past. The questioin is whether we have a future together.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Ladies and Gentlemen...we are floating in Space!"

Ladies and Gentlemen...we are floating in Space!



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "As long as we are children, we have the ability to experience things around us--but then we grow used to the world. To grow up is to get drunk on sensory experience."

As long as we are children, we have the ability to experience things around us--but then we grow used to the world. To grow up is to get drunk on sensory experience.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "It takes billions of years to create a human being. And it takes only a few seconds to die."

It takes billions of years to create a human being. And it takes only a few seconds to die.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "going only part of the way is not the same as going the wrong way"

going only part of the way is not the same as going the wrong way



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "If we don't know where we are going, it can be helpful to know where we come from."

If we don't know where we are going, it can be helpful to know where we come from.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Life is like a huge lottery in which only the winning tickets are visible."

Life is like a huge lottery in which only the winning tickets are visible.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "We are the living planet!"

We are the living planet!



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Life consists of a long chain of coincidences."

Life consists of a long chain of coincidences.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "The stupidest thing she knew was for people to act like they knew all about the things they knew absolutely nothing about."

The stupidest thing she knew was for people to act like they knew all about the things they knew absolutely nothing about.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Philosophy is the opposite of fairy tales"

Philosophy is the opposite of fairy tales



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A pity, if you ask me."

...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A pity, if you ask me.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Then you have a big problem, because a human is a thinking animal. If you don't think, you're not really a human."

Then you have a big problem, because a human is a thinking animal. If you don't think, you're not really a human.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "The truth is that I feel totally helpless, or totally inconsolable, to be more honest. I’m not trying to hide it, but it’s something you’re not to worry about."

The truth is that I feel totally helpless, or totally inconsolable, to be more honest. I’m not trying to hide it, but it’s something you’re not to worry about.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "It was all too easy to make things up, it was like skating on thin ice, it was like doing dainty pirouettes on a brittle crust over water thousands of fathoms deep."

It was all too easy to make things up, it was like skating on thin ice, it was like doing dainty pirouettes on a brittle crust over water thousands of fathoms deep.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "I'm not just some butterfly for you to catch."

I'm not just some butterfly for you to catch.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers."

I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Love, your own witch-daughter, Queen of the Mirror and the Highest Protector of Irony"

Love, your own witch-daughter, Queen of the Mirror and the Highest Protector of Irony



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Some are more equal than others."

Some are more equal than others.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "Where both reason and experience fall short, there occurs a vacuum that can be filled by faith."

Where both reason and experience fall short, there occurs a vacuum that can be filled by faith.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "But she’d managed to find her way into our reality, perhaps because she had an important mission here, perhaps because she was here to save us from what people call the monotony of life."

But she’d managed to find her way into our reality, perhaps because she had an important mission here, perhaps because she was here to save us from what people call the monotony of life.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to face."

the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to face.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "To prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap."

To prove religious faith by human reason is rationalistic claptrap.



Jostein Gaarder Quotes: "The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body."

The soul yearns to fly home on the wings of love to the world of ideas. It longs to be freed from the chains of the body.