“If you consider all the unpleasantness you encounter while you're alive, it seems improbable that it would all come to an end simply because you're dead.” — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“It's a phenomenon that I've often observed without understanding it. Inside someone another person can exist, a fully formed, generous, and trustworthy individual who… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“If you consider all the unpleasantness you encounter while you're alive, it seems improbable that it would all come to an end simply because… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“In ten years they would be dead, deported or in leadership positions.” — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“Cantor illustrated the concept of infinity for his students by telling them that there was once a man who had a hotel with an… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“We all live our lives blindly believing in the people who make the decisions. Believing in science. Because the world is inscrutable and all… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“April light was unlike any other. It had a charming, optimistic unreliability like an overbid hand in poker. It gave a promise of spring… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“Around a child, people come and go, objects appear and are taken away, surroundings take shape and disintegrate. And no explanation is given, because… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“Back then I could not understand one word of what I read. Reading did, however, give me heart. Even if you cannot understand what… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“If you became blind," I said, "if you were used to finding your way around a house and then, suddenly, one day had an… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“Even the raven started out in human form, and he fumbled blindly, and his actions were haphazard until it was revealed to him who… — peter hoeg Copy Share Image
“One adopted their language, that of the teachers and the schools, one had none of one's own. At first it was like a release,… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
