Jostein Gaarder, The Orange Girl Quotes
The truth is that I feel totally helpless, or totally inconsolable, to be more honest. I’m not trying to hide it, but it’s something you’re not to worry about.
But if two people do almost nothing except search for one another, it's hardly surprising if they run across each other by chance.
But what is a person, George? How much is a person worth? Are we nothing but dust that is whipped up and spread to the winds?
Look at the world, Georg, look at the world before you've filled yourself with too much physics and chemistry.
But sorrow can also be contagious. Fear is different. It isn't as communicable as laughter or sadness, and a good thing too. Fear is almost entirely a lonely thing.
Although I've always been easily led by my imagination, I was, and I remain, a rational person.
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 I have.
But the dream of something unlikely has its own special name. We call it hope.