Quotes by : Jostein Gaarder

It's not him who's disturbed. But he likes to disturb others--to shake them out of their rut.

But if two people do almost nothing except search for one another, it's hardly surprising if they run....

The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility....

Over the entrance to the temple at Delphi was a famous inscription: KNOW THYSELF! It reminded visitors....

Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence.....

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to....

I never tried to ingratiate myself with great writers. When a great writer has nothing to say, he does....

The of sitting a telescope in space was obviously not to get closer to the stars and planets the telescope....

In the eyeball there is a clash between creation and reflection. The two-way globes of sight are magical....

But the dream of something unlikely has its own special name. We call it hope.