Basheera

“ربما كنا ننشغل طول النهار بما يمر بنا من أحداث ، فلا يبقى في رؤسنا مكان للأحلام
فمن الصعب أن نتذكر أحلامنا ، كصعوبة أن نمسك طائرًا بيدينا
لكن أحيانًا نتذكرها ، كما يحدث أحيانًا أن يأتي إليك الطائر ويقف على كتفك بكامل حريته واختياره”
― Jostein Gaarder, مرحبا... هل من أحد هناك؟

“A joker is a little fool who is different from everyone else. He's not a club, diamond, heart, or spade. He's not an eight or a nine, a king or a jack. He is an outsider. He is placed in the same pack as the other cards, but he doesn't belong there. Therefore, he can be removed without anybody missing him.”
― Jostein Gaarder, The Solitaire Mystery

“Our lives are part of a unique adventure... Nevertheless, most of us think the world is 'normal' and are constantly hunting for something abnormal--like angels or Martians. But that is just because we don't realize the world is a mystery. As for myself, I felt completely different. I saw the world as an amazing dream. I was hunting for some kind of explanation of how everything fit together.”
― Jostein Gaarder, The Solitaire Mystery

“A philosopher knows that in reality he knows very little. That is why he constantly strives to achieve true insight. Socrates was one of these rare people. He knew that he knew nothing about life and about the world. And now comes the important part: it troubled him that he knew so little.”
― Jostein Gaarder, Sophie’s World