Quotes by Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor

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Math has proven the existence of God, because it is absolute and without contradiction; but the devil must exist as well — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
He preferred smart questions to smart answers. — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
Soon after I began working for the Professor, I realized that he talked about numbers whenever he was unsure of what to — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
It was clear that he didn't remember me from one day to the next. The note clipped to his sleeve simply informed him tha — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
Because he had been- and in many ways still was- such a brilliant man, he no doubt understood the nature of his memory p — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
Among the many things that made the Professor an excellent teacher was the fact that he wasn't afraid to say 'we don't k — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Professor never really seemed to care whether we figured out the right answer to a problem. He preferred our wild, d — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone e — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
...The pages and pages of complex, impenetrable calculations might have contained the secrets of the universe, copied ou — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
His ironing seemed highly rational, with a constant speed that allowed him to get the best results, with the least effor — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
I was impressed by the delicate weaving of the numbers. No matter how carefully you unraveled a thread, a single moment — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor
They say it'll be even hotter tomorrow. that's how we spend the summer. complaining about the heat. — Yōko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor