“Бадер ест яйца только от тех кур, которые видят снег в горах.”

“Nå har jeg ham, tenker jeg. Alle vet at det ikke finnes tigere i Afrika. Alle unntatt Børre.”

“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 to do chores that I felt were meaningless. I would have been impatient and protested, but done them nonetheless. And eventually, after several months of hard labour, I would have realised that there was a deeper meaning behind it all, and that the master had a cunning plan all the time.”

“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 problem.My problem is what I am supposed to use it for.What do I do with it?It's confusing.”

“I sat there thinking this had to be the pits. I was afraid that I had become fed up with life, that I would never ever feel enthusiasm again.”

“Something is going to have to happen. Not necessarily something big. Just something.”

“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 longer fitted together.”