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> [I have gone around observing your activities from the outside. Because of this I have also been able to see things to which you have been blind... Every morning you have gone to work, but you have never been fully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jostein-gaarder/i-have-gone-around-observing-your-activities-from-the-outside-because/)

[Jostein Gaarder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jostein-gaarder/)

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## 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/)

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