--- title: "Best Peter Høeg Sayings" description: "Peter Høeg is a Danish writer of fiction. He is best known for his novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1992). Browse 110 Peter Høeg quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-peter-h-eg-3553.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-peter-h-eg-3553.jpg) # Peter Høeg (1957) Writer **110** quotes in **423** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Peter Høeg is a writer. ## Quick Facts About Peter Høeg Born May 17, 1957 Profession Writer ## About Peter Høeg Peter Høeg is a Danish writer of fiction. He is best known for his novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1992). ## Quotes by Peter Høeg · Page 3 > [“There is a pleasant firmness of tone when one is in harmony with oneself. Even when it's a weak ethic one is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/there-is-a-pleasant-firmness-of-tone-when-one-is-in-harmony-with/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Ethic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ethic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/peter-h-eg-3553_ethic_there-is-a-pleasant-firmness-of-tone-whe_906307.jpg) > [“No one who has lived side by side with animals that have plenty of room can ever visit the zoo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/no-one-who-has-lived-side-by-side-with-animals-that-have-plenty-of/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/061/peter-h-eg-3553_animals_no-one-who-has-lived-side-by-side-with-a_2592573.jpg) > [“The bad thing about death is not that it changes the future. It's that it leaves us alone with our memories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/the-bad-thing-about-death-is-not-that-it-changes-the-future-it-s-that/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Bad thing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-thing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/peter-h-eg-3553_bad-thing_the-bad-thing-about-death-is-not-that-it_2590934.jpg) > [She was transparent, like a watercolor. As if she were about to dissolve in sound, in tones not yet created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/she-was-transparent-like-a-watercolor-as-if-she-were-about-to/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Sound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sound/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/peter-h-eg-3553_sound_she-was-transparent-like-a-watercolor-as_333953.jpg) > [..That's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/that-s-where-we-humans-make-a-mistake-we-don-t-see-the-utterly/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/peter-h-eg-3553_failure_that-s-where-we-humans-make-a-mistake-we_2555641.jpg) > [“Deep within every blind, absolute love grows a hatred toward the beloved, who now holds the only existing key to happiness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/deep-within-every-blind-absolute-love-grows-a-hatred-toward-the/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Absolute love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/peter-h-eg-3553_absolute-love_deep-within-every-blind-absolute-love-gr_2769564.jpg) > [“We who are profoundly joined in soul can only but heal the ruptures of the cosmos.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/we-who-are-profoundly-joined-in-soul-can-only-but-heal-the-ruptures/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/peter-h-eg-3553_astronomy_we-who-are-profoundly-joined-in-soul-can_2568771.jpg) > [The problem with anger against God is that it's impossible to go higher in the system to complain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/the-problem-with-anger-against-god-is-that-it-s-impossible-to-go/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Anger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/peter-h-eg-3553_anger_the-problem-with-anger-against-god-is-th_527415.jpg) > [Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/falling-in-love-has-been-greatly-overrated-falling-in-love-consists/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/peter-h-eg-3553_accepted_falling-in-love-has-been-greatly-overrat_2435829.jpg) > [I like him. I have a weakness for losers. Invalids, foreigners, the fat boy of the class, the ones nobody ever wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/i-like-him-i-have-a-weakness-for-losers-invalids-foreigners-the-fat/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Beats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/peter-h-eg-3553_beats_i-like-him-i-have-a-weakness-for-losers_213198.jpg) > [“When you are in the company of people who look down upon themselves as though they were animals, you too become like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/when-you-are-in-the-company-of-people-who-look-down-upon-themselves/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/598/peter-h-eg-3553_animal_when-you-are-in-the-company-of-people-wh_92363.jpg) > [“What was meant was that time is something you have to hold on to and the place where we examined it that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/what-was-meant-was-that-time-is-something-you-have-to-hold-on-to-and/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [First time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/first-time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/peter-h-eg-3553_first-time_what-was-meant-was-that-time-is-somethin_1639219.jpg) > [When you let your mind go blank,' he said, 'or when you stop talking for a long time, something happens. Time becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/when-you-let-your-mind-go-blank-he-said-or-when-you-stop-talking-for/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Blank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/peter-h-eg-3553_blank_when-you-let-your-mind-go-blank-he-said_3024587.jpg) > [I'm no expert on types of cars. As far as i'm concerned, you could send all the cars in the world through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/i-m-no-expert-on-types-of-cars-as-far-as-i-m-concerned-you-could-send/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Car](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/car/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/peter-h-eg-3553_car_i-m-no-expert-on-types-of-cars-as-far-as_2352711.jpg) > [“Even then one sensed that it must be a rule. That time could not be something that passed all by itself but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/even-then-one-sensed-that-it-must-be-a-rule-that-time-could-not-be/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/peter-h-eg-3553_time_even-then-one-sensed-that-it-must-be-a-r_1804350.jpg) > [“There are mornings when it feels as if you rise up to the surface through a mud bath. With your feet stuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/there-are-mornings-when-it-feels-as-if-you-rise-up-to-the-surface/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Lifeless](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lifeless/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17a/peter-h-eg-3553_quote_there-are-mornings-when-it-feels-as-if-y_1693319.jpg) > [“The regularity of the clock was a metaphor for the accuracy of the universe. For the accuracy of God's creative achievement. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/the-regularity-of-the-clock-was-a-metaphor-for-the-accuracy-of-the/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/peter-h-eg-3553_art_the-regularity-of-the-clock-was-a-metaph_532807.jpg) > [“You draw something...and you get nothing. The you do the same thing again, but this time you get a star and are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/you-draw-something-and-you-get-nothing-the-you-do-the-same-thing/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/peter-h-eg-3553_artist_you-draw-something-and-you-get-nothing-t_3235469.jpg) > [“..." like many elderly people, she has developed a selective sense of hearing. She ignores me and continues on her own track...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/like-many-elderly-people-she-has-developed-a-selective-sense-of/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Ignores](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ignores/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e36/peter-h-eg-3553_elderly-people_like-many-elderly-people-she-has-develop_924602.jpg) > [“No person can open another person, All we can do is wait. And then work with the openness when it occur.s.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/no-person-can-open-another-person-all-we-can-do-is-wait-and-then-work/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Open](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/open/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/peter-h-eg-3553_open_no-person-can-open-another-person-all-we_750704.jpg) > [I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/i-feel-the-same-way-about-solitude-as-some-people-feel-about-the/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/peter-h-eg-3553_awareness_i-feel-the-same-way-about-solitude-as-so_2004114.jpg) > [We all try to camouflage the monotony. But it takes a lot of energy. To insist on being special all the time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/we-all-try-to-camouflage-the-monotony-but-it-takes-a-lot-of-energy-to/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Alike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/peter-h-eg-3553_alike_we-all-try-to-camouflage-the-monotony-bu_1435949.jpg) > [“He has a light, fumbling brutality, which several times makes me think that this time it’ll cost me my sanity. In our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/he-has-a-light-fumbling-brutality-which-several-times-makes-me-think/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Intimacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/intimacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/peter-h-eg-3553_intimacy_he-has-a-light-fumbling-brutality-which_3160229.jpg) > [“A child who is born is something to seek out, something to search for, a star, a northern light, a column of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/a-child-who-is-born-is-something-to-seek-out-something-to-search-for/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/child/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/peter-h-eg-3553_child_a-child-who-is-born-is-something-to-seek_633088.jpg) > [“Children woke up at six-thirty in the morning and shifted directly into fourth gear. Fourteen hours later they rushed straight into sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/children-woke-up-at-six-thirty-in-the-morning-and-shifted-directly/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/peter-h-eg-3553_children_children-woke-up-at-six-thirty-in-the-mo_905395.jpg) > [“Linear time has to be envisaged as a huge, endless knife blade scraping its way across the universe, and drawing it along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/linear-time-has-to-be-envisaged-as-a-huge-endless-knife-blade/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Across the universe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/across-the-universe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74d/peter-h-eg-3553_across-the-universe_linear-time-has-to-be-envisaged-as-a-hug_1027108.jpg) > [I've had the privilege of learning foreign languages. Instead of merely speaking a watered-down form of my mother tongue, like most people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/i-ve-had-the-privilege-of-learning-foreign-languages-instead-of/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Foreign language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreign-language/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/peter-h-eg-3553_foreign-language_i-ve-had-the-privilege-of-learning-forei_2117325.jpg) > [Love has something to do with recognition, We can be fascinated by the unknown, we can be attracted by it, but love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/love-has-something-to-do-with-recognition-we-can-be-fascinated-by-the/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Atmosphere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atmosphere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/peter-h-eg-3553_atmosphere_love-has-something-to-do-with-recognitio_2245398.jpg) > [“And yet, quite often, she comes to me. Seldom to have anything explained, but often to tell me something. When she comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/and-yet-quite-often-she-comes-to-me-seldom-to-have-anything-explained/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Sit Floor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sit-floor-643998/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/peter-h-eg-3553_quote_and-yet-quite-often-she-comes-to-me-seld_1457814.jpg) > [“Wie so oft erhebt sich die Frage, weshalb Männer in ihrer Persönlichkeit oft diffus sind, wie es sein kann, daß sie an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-h-eg/wie-so-oft-erhebt-sich-die-frage-weshalb-m-nner-in-ihrer-pers/) [Peter Høeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/) [Men](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/peter-h-eg-3553_men_wie-so-oft-erhebt-sich-die-frage-weshalb_1480342.jpg) ## Peter Høeg by topic [Time (27)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/peter-h-eg/) [Love (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/peter-h-eg/) [Life (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/peter-h-eg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-h-eg/#itemlist", "name": "Peter Høeg Quotes", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is a pleasant firmness of tone when one is in harmony with oneself. 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