Quotes by Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl

Explore a curated collection of 17 quotes by Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Imagine that you were on the threshold of this fairytale, sometime billions of years ago when everything was created. An — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
I've nothing against eye make-up and lipstick. But the fact is we're actually living on a planet in space. For me that's — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
But if two people do almost nothing except search for one another, it's hardly surprising if they run across each other — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
The of sitting a telescope in space was obviously not to get closer to the stars and planets the telescope was to study. — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
But what is a person, George? How much is a person worth? Are we nothing but dust that is whipped up and spread to the w — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
We are the universe. — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
Perhaps we aren’t fully developed. The physical development of human beings necessarily had to precede the psychological — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
Look at the world, Georg, look at the world before you've filled yourself with too much physics and chemistry. — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
But sorrow can also be contagious. Fear is different. It isn't as communicable as laughter or sadness, and a good thing — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
I can wait until my heart bleeds with sorrow. — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
Although I've always been easily led by my imagination, I was, and I remain, a rational person. — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
The truth is that I feel like a ghost already, and I have to catch my breath each time I think about it. I begin to unde — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
I no longer feel the need to see and sense more than I've already experienced. I just want so desperately to hang on wha — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
She sent me a sunny smile, and what a smile, George; it was a smile that could have melted the whole world, because if t — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
The truth is that I feel totally helpless, or totally inconsolable, to be more honest. I’m not trying to hide it, but it — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
But the dream of something unlikely has its own special name. We call it hope. — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl
I've nothing against eye make-up and lipstick. But the fact is that we’re actually living on a planet in space. For me t — Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl