Jostein Gaarder

Inspirational Quotes

... perhaps the clock hands had become so tired of going in the same direction year after year that they had suddenly begun to go the opposite way instead... -
Jostein Gaarder
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Life Quotes

But all fairytales have rules, and perhaps it’s their rules that actually distinguish one fairytale from the other. These rules never need to be understood. They only need to be followed. If not, what they promise won’t come true. -
Jostein Gaarder

Life Quotes

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living. -
Jostein Gaarder
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Death Quotes

The truth is that I feel totally helpless, or totally inconsolable, to be more honest. I’m not trying to hide it, but it’s something you’re not to worry about. -
Jostein Gaarder
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