When my mother didn't come back I realized that any moment could be the last. Nothing in life should simply be a passage from one place to another. Each walk should be taken as if it is the only thing you have left. You can demand something like this of yourself as an unattainable ideal. After that, you have to remind yourself about it every time you're sloppy about something. For me that means 250 times a day.
Peter HøegWe think there are limits to the dimensions of fear. Until we encounter the unknown. Then we can all feel boundless amounts of terror.
Peter HøegThe problem with anger against God is that it's impossible to go higher in the system to complain.
Peter HøegConfronted with people who have power, and who enjoy using it, I turn into a different person, a baser and meaner one.
Peter Høeg