Under certain circumstances the fateful decisions in life, sometimes even in matters of life and death, are made with an almost indifferent ease. While the little things-for instance, the way people hang on to what is over-seem so important.
Peter HøegDo you know what the mathematical expression is for longing? ... The negative numbers. The formalization of the feeling that you are missing something.
Peter HøegWhen you're young, you think that sex is the culmination of intimacy. Later you discover that it's barely the beginning.
Peter Høeg