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Carsten Jensen quotes: Human beings are afflicted by a need to judge.

Human beings are afflicted by a need to judge.

Carsten Jensen quotes: We thought we knew everything about him. But that's not how life is. When all's said and done, we can never truly know one another.

We thought we knew everything about him. But that's not how life is. When all's said and done, we can never truly know one another.

Carsten Jensen quotes: So you've stopped thinking you're going to die?Oh, I'm more certain of it than ever. But I've stopped being scared.

So you've stopped thinking you're going to die?

Oh, I'm more certain of it than ever. But I've stopped being scared.

Carsten Jensen quotes: That's how we're connected: through the hurt we inflict on one another.

That's how we're connected: through the hurt we inflict on one another.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Many years ago there lived a man called Laurids Madsen who went up to heaven and came down again thanks to his boots.

Many years ago there lived a man called Laurids Madsen who went up to heaven and came down again thanks to his boots.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Her grief was a burden so heavy, he came close to collapsing under it, and yet he couldn't lay it down.

Her grief was a burden so heavy, he came close to collapsing under it, and yet he couldn't lay it down.

Carsten Jensen quotes: She still held back her tears, as if subjecting herself to some terrible endurance test.

She still held back her tears, as if subjecting herself to some terrible endurance test.

Carsten Jensen quotes: From now on, consider yourself a con artist.

From now on, consider yourself a con artist.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Freedom had a thousand faces. But so did crime. The thought of what a man might do made me dizzy.

Freedom had a thousand faces. But so did crime. The thought of what a man might do made me dizzy.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Two drowning people can't save each other. All they can do is drag each other down.

Two drowning people can't save each other. All they can do is drag each other down.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Even terror needs a yardstick, and surely the yardstick for the unknown is the known?

Even terror needs a yardstick, and surely the yardstick for the unknown is the known?

Carsten Jensen quotes: As long as our voiced were in harmony, it didn't matter that our accents were at war.

As long as our voiced were in harmony, it didn't matter that our accents were at war.

Carsten Jensen quotes: No, he hadn't known anything about children, but now he'd learned something: a child's mind is open to everything.

No, he hadn't known anything about children, but now he'd learned something: a child's mind is open to everything.

Carsten Jensen quotes: That's the strange thing about a good story. No pleasure if you can't share it.

That's the strange thing about a good story. No pleasure if you can't share it.

Carsten Jensen quotes: The constant bombardment and the randomness with which death scythed us down had exhausted us...

The constant bombardment and the randomness with which death scythed us down had exhausted us...

Carsten Jensen quotes: Hope can be like a plant that sprouts and grows and keeps people alive. But it can also be a wound that refuses to heal.

Hope can be like a plant that sprouts and grows and keeps people alive. But it can also be a wound that refuses to heal.

Carsten Jensen quotes: But he didnt want to be thought of as a fool. To walk around the town fully dressed and yet appear naked to the world was a shame he couldn't

But he didnt want to be thought of as a fool. To walk around the town fully dressed and yet appear naked to the world was a shame he couldn't bear.

Carsten Jensen quotes: They all lived so steeped in fear that the losses they had yet to suffer had already consumed them.

They all lived so steeped in fear that the losses they had yet to suffer had already consumed them.

Carsten Jensen quotes: We don't sail because the sea is there. We sail because there's a harbour. We don't start by heading for distant shores. We seek protection first.

We don't sail because the sea is there. We sail because there's a harbour. We don't start by heading for distant shores. We seek protection first.

Carsten Jensen quotes: But I could feel resentment inside me, and I knew it would keep growing until it changed into something far more dangerous.

But I could feel resentment inside me, and I knew it would keep growing until it changed into something far more dangerous.

Carsten Jensen quotes: What was he thinking about? He was old, but he hasn't found peace.Had he realized that a long life didn't automatically bestow wisdom?

What was he thinking about? He was old, but he hasn't found peace.

Had he realized that a long life didn't automatically bestow wisdom?

Carsten Jensen quotes: Your roots aren't to be found in your childhood so much as in your child. It's he who provides your link to the world, and home is wherever he is.

Your roots aren't to be found in your childhood so much as in your child. It's he who provides your link to the world, and home is wherever he is.

Carsten Jensen quotes: An unused conscience is no conscience at all.

An unused conscience is no conscience at all.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Now I remembered a captain's honor and his only duty: to bring his crew back alive.

Now I remembered a captain's honor and his only duty: to bring his crew back alive.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Though I had no respect for Jack Lewis, I respected the hole in his chest. He was dying, and you owe the dying your attention.

Though I had no respect for Jack Lewis, I respected the hole in his chest. He was dying, and you owe the dying your attention.

Carsten Jensen quotes: He wasn't physically impotent. So the impotence must lie in his soul. Finding oblivion in a moment's ecstasy was all he could manage.

He wasn't physically impotent. So the impotence must lie in his soul. Finding oblivion in a moment's ecstasy was all he could manage.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Perhaps the greatest thing you can achieve is to love without demanding anything in return.

Perhaps the greatest thing you can achieve is to love without demanding anything in return.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Loss was a night that never ended.

Loss was a night that never ended.

Carsten Jensen quotes: You died in the end, but you fought first.

You died in the end, but you fought first.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Yes, he was a rock she could cling to. But he was also a rock she could smash herself to pieces against.

Yes, he was a rock she could cling to. But he was also a rock she could smash herself to pieces against.

Carsten Jensen quotes: That's how it is, he told himself. If you dread something enough, even your worst fears coming true brings comfort.

That's how it is, he told himself. If you dread something enough, even your worst fears coming true brings comfort.

Carsten Jensen quotes: Life had taught him about something far more complicated than justice. Its name was balance.

Life had taught him about something far more complicated than justice. Its name was balance.