Peter Høeg

All Peter Høeg Quotes

• Under certain circumstances the fateful decisions in life, sometimes even in matters of life and death, are made with an almost indifferent ease. While the… Certain
• Some thoughts have glue on them.----Smilla Funny
• We think there are limits to the dimensions of fear. Until we encounter the unknown. Then we can all feel boundless amounts of terror. All
• When you let your mind go blank,' he said, 'or when you stop talking for a long time, something happens. Time becomes different. It goes… Becomes
• Those who were on the inside, the majority that is, for them it had been hard to get his point, mostly they were just pleased… Abandonment
• The fear for oneself, that one can do something about. Upon it one can turn the light of awareness. But when one is no longer… Awareness
• If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself. Inspirational
• We sat there and I knew that this was how it felt to be totally accepted. You sit close to another person and are understood,… Accepted
• I feel the same way about solitude as some people feel about the blessing of the church. It's the light of grace for me. I… Act
• Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic hope that this… Accepted
• It may be necessary to stand on the outside of one is to see things clearly. Clearly
• Do you know what the mathematical expression is for longing? ... The negative numbers. The formalization of the feeling that you are missing something. Expression
• Never do I close my door behind me without being conscious that I am carrying out an act of charity towards myself. Act
• Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions. All

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