And love became the world's origin and the world's ruler, yet littered its path is with flowers and blood, flowers and blood. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Alas, love turns the human heart into a mildewed garden, a lush and shameless garden in which grow mysterious, obscene toadstools.” — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
And love was creation's source,creation's ruler; but all love's ways are strewn with blossoms and blood, blossoms and blood. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“And love became the world's beginning and the world's ruler; but all its ways are full of flowers and blood, flowers and… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Jaja, sa Edevart og nikket, jeg forstår at du er kjær i hende. Jeg må vel være, svarte August. Når jeg ser… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Slik var kjærligheten. Den kunde ruinere sin mand, gjenreise ham og brændemeærke ham igjen; den kunde elske mig idag, dig imorgen og… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Takva je ljubav. Ona može da uništi čoveka, i nanovo ga podigne i preporodi. Danas može da voli mene, sutra tebe, a… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Love is God’s first word, the first thought that sailed through his mind. When he said: Let there by light! there was… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“God help me, how Tolstoy sweats over drying up people's sources of life, of wild and joyful life, drying them up and… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“For også hun hadde hat sin historie, sin lille uregelmæssighet i sit liv (...)Siden sit ulykkelige forhold til en ung fremmed, en… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Well, God be with you,’ she said as she finally left him. ’I’m sure He is,’ he replied. She gave a start. ’Are you… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
“De sier hun er melle firti og femti, men hun er mindst seksti, ropte han, og er slikt menneskelig? Gå og vifte med næseborene… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
“The ships whose masts I saw outlined against the sky looked, with their black hulls, like silent monsters that were raising their hackles and… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
And love became the world's origin and the world's ruler, yet littered its path is with flowers and blood, flowers and blood. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
No, I don't admire the genius. But I admire and love the result of the genius's activity in the world, of which the great… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
“Daniel var en mand som forstod adskillig, han hadde været ute for et og andet i livet, hadde mistet både sin farsgård og sin… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
“I imagined I had discovered a new word. I rise up in bed and say, "It is not in the language; I have discovered… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
“Poteten det var en ny frukt, det var intet mystisk ved den, intet religiøst, kvinnfolk og barn kunne være med og få den satt,… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
“Solen er forlængst dukket under synsranden, fjældene er blit hvitlig grønne, de ser ut i sin fjærnhet og i sin vælde som en verden… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
“If I happened to find a diamond one day, I would call it Dagny, because the very sound of your name thrills me. I… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
There are some people who cannot help giving. Why? Because they experience a real psychological pleasure in doing so. They don't do it with… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share
