Erlend Loe Quotes

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• The only question that really counts, must be thins one: are things getting better or are they getting worse?
• The only thing I can be sure of at any given time is what I am thinking myself. I have no idea what the others…
• I don't think I am any different from other people. I have the same dreams. I want a family. I want a house. A car.…
• But I would rather have snow. Snow is the on.y weather I really like. Nothing makes me less grumpy than snow. I can sit by…
• Everything which is human is alien to me.
• I have the strangest thoughts in my head, maybe I should not write them down.
• Everything seemed meaningless to me. All of a sudden. My own life, the lives of others, of animals of plants, the whole world. It no…
• Something is going to have to happen. Not necessarily something big. Just something.
• What I could really use is an older man. A mentor. One who could tell me how things fit together. He would have asked me…
• I know a helluva lot. I'm not the only one who knows these things. Many people know more than I do. That's fortunately not my…
• There are too many confusing things present. Things I know. Thoughts I have. Sarcasm. Things I think I ought to be doing and places I…
• When the universe is ephemeral, one can easily feel that human existence is meaningless. Why should I do anything at all? On the other hand…
• I have enough trouble with useful information, never mind being burdened with what is useless.
• I don't want all that much. But I want to be fine. I want to live a simple life with many good moments and a…
• I think I'm more concerned with things that are very big and things that are very small than with all the stuff in between.
• It's good for me to see so many other people who are not me. That there are so many others. I feel affection for them.…
• We shall never meet, but there is something I want you to know. My time is not the same as your time. Our times are…
• I still don't know if things fit together, or if everything will be all right in the end. But I believe that something means something.…
• …I don’t wish to meet people. They disgust me. Increasingly so. But I must have milk.
• One problem with people is that as soon as they fill a space it's them you see and not the space. Large, desolate landscapes stop…

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