“Det er for øvrig ikke tvil om at det skal en viss grad av hjærnetomhet til for å kunne gå og være… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
There was a rock in front of my hut, a tall, gray rock. By its looks it seemed to be well-disposed toward… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
A word can be transformed into a coulour, light, a smell; it is the writer's task to use it in such a… — 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
However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation. — 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 Dream Copy Share Image
Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the… — Knut Hamsun Gift 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 Food Copy Share Image
“Was it really right to look the way he did? His prominent nose was altogether too immodest for his humble position in… — Knut Hamsun Artist Copy Share Image
“The sad rocking chair in the corner was actually a joke of a chair: if one started laughing at it, one could… — Knut Hamsun Funny Copy Share Image
“Om vinteren lå almænningen er stille og hvit og fuld av sne under nordlyset, om sommeren luktet det av hægg og barskog… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“My head was emptying and emptying, and in the end it sat light and void on my shoulders. I percieved this gaping… — Knut Hamsun Emptiness Copy Share Image
“... hadde ikke fulgt med i stedets og menneskenes opsving, nu var det ingen som ikke åt makaroni med han vann og… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Hun var så meget penere i ansiktet og snakket morsommere og var malet og var det de kalte chic, men hun var… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Å de hadde begge hat rædsel for følgerne, javel, og de hadde like så idelig fornyet rædslerne. Nei det var ikke sport… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
There are some people who cannot help giving. Why? Because they experience a real psychological pleasure in doing so. They don't do… — Knut Hamsun Advantage Copy Share Image
“But Fia was very young and pitifully thin, by no means underfed, but undeveloped, short on muscle, short on work. What was… — Knut Hamsun Heart Copy Share Image
“He never read a book but often thought about God; it was unavoidable, a matter of simplicity and awe. The starry sky,… — Knut Hamsun Books Copy Share Image
“This is a life you do not understand. Yes, your home is in the city, and you have furnished it with vanities,… — Knut Hamsun Books Copy Share Image
“A man comes walking north. He carries a sack, the first sack, containing provisions for the road and some implements. The man… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“...As I lie there in this position, letting my eyes wander down my breast and legs, I notice the twitching motion made… — Knut Hamsun Adventure Copy Share Image
“Året er 1945. Den 26. mai kom politimesteren i Arendal til Nørholm og forkynte husarrest for min kone og meg for 30… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Then I began, as though I had never seen my shoes before, to study their expression, their mimelike movements when I moved… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Det sætter en søt Stripe gjennem mig fra øverst til nederst naar Solen staar op; jeg kaster Børsen paa Akslen under en… — Knut Hamsun Frame of mind Copy Share Image
“It was in those days when I wandered about hungry in Kristiania, that strange city which no one leaves before it has… — Knut Hamsun City Copy Share Image
“Men kvinden hun var som alle vise visste før: uendelig ringe i ævner, men rik i uansvarlighet, i forfængelighet, i letfærdighet. Hun… — Knut Hamsun Woman Copy Share Image
There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill… — Knut Hamsun Coffee 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 Flowers Copy Share Image
“...karve i stompen og knust kandis på var en hittil ukjendt delikatesse for ham, han vilde be sin mor om å indføre… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Han måtte rehabilitere seg ved et bedrag; når han lot gjelde at han var som andre, at han var kommensurabel, så måtte… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“During those days, both the bed and my little rickety table were swimming in notes and scribbled-over manuscripts that I took turns… — Knut Hamsun Language Copy Share Image
The heavy red roses smoldering in the foggy morning, blood-colored and uninhibited, made me greedy, and tempted me powerfully to steal one--I… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Av tre ting og ikke mere, svarer Ezra: av kornet på marken, av fisken i sjøen og av dyr og fugl i… — Knut Hamsun Ezra Copy Share Image
No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Jeg gik Dag efter Dag i Aaserne med Æsop ved min Side og jeg ønsket intet heller end at faa vedbli at… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“... han lå ute om natten og spiste intet uten som litt multebær som hans bærer sanket i sin lue. Den fjerde… — Knut Hamsun Food 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
“Det blev litt festmat efter kirketid en søndag, og gjesterne de var bare Karolus og hans kone Ane Maria, foruten naturligvis Ezra… — Knut Hamsun Food 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
