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Peter Hoeg quotes: If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself.

If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself.

Peter Hoeg quotes: The motive for our actions doesn't lie ahead of us. It's something behind us that we're trying to escape.

The motive for our actions doesn't lie ahead of us. It's something behind us that we're trying to escape.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Fermat wrote in the margin: "I've discovered a truly wonderful proof for this argument. Unfortunately, this margin is too narrow to contain it." Two

Fermat wrote in the margin: "I've discovered a truly wonderful proof for this argument. Unfortunately, this margin is too narrow to contain it." Two

Peter Hoeg quotes: When you're young, you think that sex is the culmination of intimacy. Later you discover that it's barely the beginning.

When you're young, you think that sex is the culmination of intimacy. Later you discover that it's barely the beginning.

Peter Hoeg quotes: It's the kind of day that might make you wonder about the meaning of life, and discover that there is none.

It's the kind of day that might make you wonder about the meaning of life, and discover that there is none.

Peter Hoeg quotes: The flakes are the size of tiny feathers, and that's the way snow is, it's not necessarily cold.

The flakes are the size of tiny feathers, and that's the way snow is, it's not necessarily cold.

Peter Hoeg quotes: No person can open another person, All we can do is wait. And then work with the openness when it occur.s.

No person can open another person, All we can do is wait. And then work with the openness when it occur.s.

Peter Hoeg quotes: I've always enjoyed cleaning. Even though they tried to teach us laziness in school.

I've always enjoyed cleaning. Even though they tried to teach us laziness in school.

Peter Hoeg quotes: There's nothing under the sun as grotesque as cold European courtesy manifested in the third and fourth worlds.

There's nothing under the sun as grotesque as cold European courtesy manifested in the third and fourth worlds.

Peter Hoeg quotes: No matter how close people get, they never reach each other. Including us now. Even now, there's a place where each of us is alone.

No matter how close people get, they never reach each other. Including us now. Even now, there's a place where each of us is alone.

Peter Hoeg quotes: No one who has lived side by side with animals that have plenty of room can ever visit the zoo.

No one who has lived side by side with animals that have plenty of room can ever visit the zoo.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Some thoughts have glue on them.----Smilla

Some thoughts have glue on them.----Smilla

Peter Hoeg quotes: One should be good to oneself. Especially when one is alone.

One should be good to oneself. Especially when one is alone.

Peter Hoeg quotes: We think there are limits to the dimensions of fear. Until we encounter the unknown. Then we can all feel boundless amounts of terror.

We think there are limits to the dimensions of fear. Until we encounter the unknown. Then we can all feel boundless amounts of terror.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Perhaps it's true that love is eternal. But it's appearance changes all the time.

Perhaps it's true that love is eternal. But it's appearance changes all the time.

Peter Hoeg quotes: The child had wanted attention. She had just asked to be noticed. But she was given an assessment. 'What a clever girl!

The child had wanted attention. She had just asked to be noticed. But she was given an assessment. 'What a clever girl!

Peter Hoeg quotes: Basker possesses three kinds of bite: a snap, a nip, and then something like a buzz saw and an angle grinder mounted on a bear trap.

Basker possesses three kinds of bite: a snap, a nip, and then something like a buzz saw and an angle grinder mounted on a bear trap.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Maybe a person can be born to the wrong people," he said. "Maybe a person should have been put somewhere else.

Maybe a person can be born to the wrong people," he said. "Maybe a person should have been put somewhere else.

Peter Hoeg quotes: She was transparent, like a watercolor. As if she were about to dissolve in sound, in tones not yet created.

She was transparent, like a watercolor. As if she were about to dissolve in sound, in tones not yet created.

Peter Hoeg quotes: If you want to know who the real heroes of world history are, just look at the mothers.

If you want to know who the real heroes of world history are, just look at the mothers.

Peter Hoeg quotes: The greatest performances where when fingertips took away a very thin veil between people and uncovered the universe in its entirety.

The greatest performances where when fingertips took away a very thin veil between people and uncovered the universe in its entirety.

Peter Hoeg quotes: There can be great depths of love that are not reciprocated.

There can be great depths of love that are not reciprocated.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Confronted with people who have power, and who enjoy using it, I turn into a different person, a baser and meaner one.

Confronted with people who have power, and who enjoy using it, I turn into a different person, a baser and meaner one.

Peter Hoeg quotes: One can only ask to play as well as possible the notes one is given.

One can only ask to play as well as possible the notes one is given.

Peter Hoeg quotes: It may be necessary to stand on the outside of one is to see things clearly.

It may be necessary to stand on the outside of one is to see things clearly.

Peter Hoeg quotes: There is a pleasant firmness of tone when one is in harmony with oneself. Even when it's a weak ethic one is resonating with.

There is a pleasant firmness of tone when one is in harmony with oneself. Even when it's a weak ethic one is resonating with.

Peter Hoeg quotes: The problem with anger against God is that it's impossible to go higher in the system to complain.

The problem with anger against God is that it's impossible to go higher in the system to complain.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.

Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.

Peter Hoeg quotes: To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost.

To want to understand is an attempt to recapture something we have lost.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Nothing corrupts like happiness. It makes us think that since we share this moment, we can also share the past.

Nothing corrupts like happiness. It makes us think that since we share this moment, we can also share the past.

Peter Hoeg quotes: When people are going to be taken from you anyway, then it would be better if you had never come to care for them.

When people are going to be taken from you anyway, then it would be better if you had never come to care for them.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Grief is a gift, something you have to earn.

Grief is a gift, something you have to earn.

Peter Hoeg quotes: The cookies combine butter and spices in such a way that you could eat a hundred of them and only realize how sick you are after it's too late.

The cookies combine butter and spices in such a way that you could eat a hundred of them and only realize how sick you are after it's too late.

Peter Hoeg quotes: People under thirty haven't yet stopped believing that something wonderful can suddenly happen.

People under thirty haven't yet stopped believing that something wonderful can suddenly happen.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Deep within every blind, absolute love grows a hatred toward the beloved, who now holds the only existing key to happiness

Deep within every blind, absolute love grows a hatred toward the beloved, who now holds the only existing key to happiness

Peter Hoeg quotes: Reading snow is like listening to music. To describe what you've read is like explaining music in writing.

Reading snow is like listening to music. To describe what you've read is like explaining music in writing.

Peter Hoeg quotes: It's these small differences in people's karma that determine if we get up or remain lying on the ground.

It's these small differences in people's karma that determine if we get up or remain lying on the ground.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Every theoretical explanation is a reduction of intuition.

Every theoretical explanation is a reduction of intuition.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Some girls are fortunate enough to be in love with deep and intelligent boys," she says. "And then there's the rest of us, who have to make do.

Some girls are fortunate enough to be in love with deep and intelligent boys," she says. "And then there's the rest of us, who have to make do.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Whining is a virus, a lethal, infectious, epidemic disease.

Whining is a virus, a lethal, infectious, epidemic disease.

Peter Hoeg quotes: The body's pain is so paper-thin and insignificant compared to that of the mind.

The body's pain is so paper-thin and insignificant compared to that of the mind.

Peter Hoeg quotes: She looked at him. As if she wanted to determine his molecular weight.

She looked at him. As if she wanted to determine his molecular weight.

Peter Hoeg quotes: On closer examination, we are simply a banal tragedy spread over two generations.

On closer examination, we are simply a banal tragedy spread over two generations.

Peter Hoeg quotes: We who are profoundly joined in soul can only but heal the ruptures of the cosmos.

We who are profoundly joined in soul can only but heal the ruptures of the cosmos.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Because one who seeks the highest must not leave any path untried.

Because one who seeks the highest must not leave any path untried.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself.

Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself.

Peter Hoeg quotes: In ten years they would be dead, deported or in leadership positions.

In ten years they would be dead, deported or in leadership positions.

Peter Hoeg quotes: Hat's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary.

Hat's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary.