“My whole consciousness underwent some change, a tissue in my brain parted.” — Knut Hamsun Change Copy Share Image
“Selv de små rosenrøde finner i hendes ansigt satte ham i henrykkelse.” — Knut Hamsun Falling in love Copy Share Image
“Smørbrød og øl, tarvelig men godt. Hør, jeg synes det skal være litt utsøkt!” — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
“I see stars before my eyes, and my thoughts are swept up into a hurricane of light.” — Knut Hamsun Astronomy Copy Share Image
“A country preacher could not have looked more full of milk and honey than this formidable writer, whose words had always left… — Knut Hamsun Milk and honey Copy Share Image
In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you… — Knut Hamsun Carefree Copy Share Image
“A shaft of sweetness shoots through me from top to toe when the sun rises; I shoulder my gun in silent exaltation.” — Knut Hamsun Existential Copy Share Image
“Ja, sa Augustm er det ikke slik det går altid! Jeg synes for min del at Dokker to er et eksemplar til… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
I have had much to learn from Sweden's poetry and, more especially, from her lyrics of the last generation. — Knut Hamsun Generations Copy Share Image
“Husket han i sommer da han var skipper og hun skulde koke middag til ham? Han var så fin at han måtte… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
“What power that girl wielded, though there was nothing striking or unusual about her - unless one considered her long braid and… — Knut Hamsun Heart Copy Share Image
The long, long road over the moors and up into the forest - who trod it into being first of all? Man,… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“At that moment not a single sad thought entered my mind; I forgot my privation and felt soothed by the sight of… — Knut Hamsun Peaceful Copy Share Image
“På kirkegården hjemme vokste nogen bringebær som hadde plantet sig selv og stod uten røkt. De kom igjen hvert år og vi… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“De sier hun er melle firti og femti, men hun er mindst seksti, ropte han, og er slikt menneskelig? Gå og vifte… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Poteten det var en ny frukt, det var intet mystisk ved den, intet religiøst, kvinnfolk og barn kunne være med og få… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“...som ikke var større skjønheten av ansikt, men som hadde en krop og nogen bryster, hun så ut som hun kunde vrinske.… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Hans husholderske, fru Irgens født Geelmuyden, grep da leiligheten til å koke og steke til gjæstebud, kalvekjøt og fugl i himmelske saucer… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
“Fra min Hytte kunde jeg se et Virvar av Øer og Holmer og Skjær, litt av Sjøen, nogen blaanende Fjældtinder, og bak… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“I sat looking at her with rapt attention. My heart was thumping, the blood coursing warmly through my veins. What a wonderful… — Knut Hamsun Clock ticking 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 Drama Copy Share Image
What if one were up there, drifting about among suns and feeling the tails of comets fan one's forehead! How small the… — Knut Hamsun Comets Copy Share Image
“God is forgotten, the mighty dollar has taken his place and the mechanic cannot ease the troubled soul. The road is closed.… — Knut Hamsun America Copy Share Image
“He was hungry, and his first thought was to collect a dozen or two gulls’ eggs to make a meal. But embryo… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“I was fading helplessly away with open eyes, staring straight at the ceiling. Finally I stuck my forefinger in my mouth and… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“What was the point of spelling out the details? And anyway, wasn’t a poor soul allowed to have a little genuine lovesickness… — Knut Hamsun Cognac Copy Share Image
“Sjøen lå speilblank igår og den ligger speilblank idag. Det er indian summer og varme på øen – og o hvor det… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing.” — Knut Hamsun Collapse Copy Share Image
When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate. — Knut Hamsun Destiny Copy Share Image
