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> [“What they display, these students who don't arrive in the reading room until nine, or even later, is a kind of daring. They play with life, with possibilities. For me my studies are like a tightrope I'm balancing on, life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanne-rstavik/what-they-display-these-students-who-don-t-arrive-in-the-reading-room/)

[Hanne Ørstavik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanne-rstavik/)

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## More by Hanne Ørstavik

> [“I wished I could split my body in two, give one part to Mum and the other to Ivar. Then they could both have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanne-rstavik/i-wished-i-could-split-my-body-in-two-give-one-part-to-mum-and-the/)

[Hanne Ørstavik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanne-rstavik/)

> [“I look out of the window again. The rain is trickling down silently, evenly, like the tears that cover my face. Perhaps God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanne-rstavik/i-look-out-of-the-window-again-the-rain-is-trickling-down-silently/)

[Hanne Ørstavik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanne-rstavik/)

> [“I'm useless at concentrating on physical things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanne-rstavik/i-m-useless-at-concentrating-on-physical-things/)

[Hanne Ørstavik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanne-rstavik/)

> [“I wondered who in this room I would go to if I had problems. Anyone my own age looked silly, immature, unfocused. The older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanne-rstavik/i-wondered-who-in-this-room-i-would-go-to-if-i-had-problems-anyone-my/)

[Hanne Ørstavik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanne-rstavik/)

> [“I have layer upon layer of thoughts in my head and the bottom one has nothing to grip on to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanne-rstavik/i-have-layer-upon-layer-of-thoughts-in-my-head-and-the-bottom-one-has/)

[Hanne Ørstavik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanne-rstavik/)

> [“What they display, these students who don't arrive in the reading room until nine, or even later, is a kind of daring. They play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanne-rstavik/what-they-display-these-students-who-don-t-arrive-in-the-reading-room/)

[Hanne Ørstavik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanne-rstavik/)

> [“I lay on my side with my head on the pillows and looked out of the window; the blue of the sky was so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanne-rstavik/i-lay-on-my-side-with-my-head-on-the-pillows-and-looked-out-of-the/)

[Hanne Ørstavik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanne-rstavik/)

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