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“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Gud hvor De ser ut som en sån melankolsk fabelkat.”

— Knut Hamsun

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

But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe…

— Knut Hamsun

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

“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

“Værsåartig, her var nu litt om bær, vore bærsorter...”

— Knut Hamsun

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.

— Knut Hamsun

“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

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