If Iโd chosen never to the foot inside the great fairytale, Iโd never have known what Iโve lost. Do you see what Iโm getting at? Sometimes itโs worse for us human beings to lose something dear to us than never to have had it at all.
Jostein GaarderI sat thinking how terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as incredible as living. One day we suddenly take the fact that we exist for granted - and then, yes, then we donโt think about it anymore until we are about to leave the world again.
Jostein GaarderBut sheโd 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 GaarderThe 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.
Jostein Gaarder