--- title: "4 Fairytale Quotes By Jostein Gaarder" description: "4 Fairytale quotes by Jostein Gaarder. Plus more from Jostein Gaarder and more Fairytale sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/jostein-gaarder-676_fairytale_imagine-that-you-were-on-the-threshold-o_885501.jpg" --- > [“Imagine that you were on the threshold of this fairytale, sometime billions of years ago when everything was created. And you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/imagine-that-you-were-on-the-threshold-of-this-fairytale-sometime/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/jostein-gaarder-676_fairytale_imagine-that-you-were-on-the-threshold-o_885501.jpg) > [But all fairytales have rules, and perhaps it’s their rules that actually distinguish one fairytale from the other. These rules never need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/but-all-fairytales-have-rules-and-perhaps-it-s-their-rules-that/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/jostein-gaarder-676_fairy_but-all-fairytales-have-rules-and-perhap_2092764.png) > [Every single morning I wake with a bang,' he said. 'It's as though the fact that I am alive is injected into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/every-single-morning-i-wake-with-a-bang-he-said-it-s-as-though-the/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/jostein-gaarder-676_alive_every-single-morning-i-wake-with-a-bang_2512608.jpg) > [If I’d chosen never to the foot inside the great fairytale, I’d never have known what I’ve lost. Do you see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/if-i-d-chosen-never-to-the-foot-inside-the-great-fairytale-i-d-never/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/jostein-gaarder-676_chosen_if-i-d-chosen-never-to-the-foot-inside-t_3022289.jpg) ## Other authors on Fairytale - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shannon-hale-84438.jpg) Shannon Hale 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairytale/shannon-hale/) ## More by Jostein Gaarder > [“I no longer feel the need to see and sense more than I've already experienced. I just want so desperately to hang on what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/i-no-longer-feel-the-need-to-see-and-sense-more-than-i-ve-already/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [The most subversive people are those who ask questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/the-most-subversive-people-are-those-who-ask-questions/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [The sophists were as a rule men who had traveled widely and seen different forms of government. Both conventions and local laws in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/the-sophists-were-as-a-rule-men-who-had-traveled-widely-and-seen/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [Where did the world come from? The question has an answer, even though I cannot get to it. It is a good question. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/where-did-the-world-come-from-the-question-has-an-answer-even-though/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“As soon as she concentrated on being alive now, the thought of dying also came into her mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/as-soon-as-she-concentrated-on-being-alive-now-the-thought-of-dying/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“Po haljini sam mogao da vidim kako njeno telo diše, jer se haljina dizala i spuštala, dizala i spuštala, skoro kao da morski talasi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/po-haljini-sam-mogao-da-vidim-kako-njeno-telo-di-e-jer-se-haljina/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/since-the-renaissance-people-have-had-to-get-used-to-living-their/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“without imagination, nothing really new will ever be created.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/without-imagination-nothing-really-new-will-ever-be-created/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“The German poet Goethe once said that "he who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth." I don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/the-german-poet-goethe-once-said-that-he-who-cannot-draw-on-three/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“Sophie left the den and wandered about in the large garden. She tried to forget what she had learned at school, especially in science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/sophie-left-the-den-and-wandered-about-in-the-large-garden-she-tried/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [...long before the child learns to talk properly-and long before it learns to think philosophically-the world will have become a habit. A pity, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/long-before-the-child-learns-to-talk-properly-and-long-before-it/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“any one question can be more explosive than a thousand answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/any-one-question-can-be-more-explosive-than-a-thousand-answers/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“We can't own each other's past. The question is whether we have a future together.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/we-can-t-own-each-other-s-past-the-question-is-whether-we-have-a/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“Uno no muere en medio del quinto acto.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/uno-no-muere-en-medio-del-quinto-acto/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) > [“Wer das Schicksal durchschauen will, muss es überleben.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/wer-das-schicksal-durchschauen-will-muss-es-berleben/) [Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fairytale/jostein-gaarder/#itemlist", "name": "4 Fairytale Quotes By Jostein Gaarder", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Imagine that you were on the threshold of this fairytale, sometime billions of years ago when everything was created. 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