She was a stranger. She came from a more beautiful fairytale than ours. But shed managed to find her way into our reality, perhaps because she was here to save us from what people sometimes call the monotony of life. Until that moment Id been completely ignorant of such missionary work. Id thoughts there was only two types people at least. There was the Orange Girl, and there were the rest of us.
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About Jostein Gaarder
Jostein Gaarder was a contemporary Norwegian author. Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Philosophy — Deep thoughts on existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality