When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.
Jostein GaarderWasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!
Jostein GaarderIt takes billions of years to create a human being. And it takes only a few seconds to die.
Jostein Gaarderthe 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 GaarderThere exists a world. In terms of probability this borders on the impossible. It would have been far more likely if, by chance, there was nothing at all. Then, at least, no one would have began asking why there was nothing.
Jostein GaarderWhen we die, as when the scenes have been fixed on to celluloid and the scenery is pulled down and burnt — we are phantoms in the memories of our descendants. Then we are ghosts, my dear, then we are myths. But still we are together. We are the past together, we are a distant past. Beneath the dome of the mysterious stars, I still hear your voice.
Jostein Gaarder