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> [“This gave him another opportunity to use one of those words that hung before him, shining and alluring. Far away in the distance there were more of them, dangerously sharp. Words that were not for him, but which he used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/this-gave-him-another-opportunity-to-use-one-of-those-words-that-hung/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

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## More by Tarjei Vesaas

> [“The world was full of forces you couldn't fight against which suddenly loomed up and aimed a crushing blow at you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/the-world-was-full-of-forces-you-couldn-t-fight-against-which/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [Bewilderment increases in the presence of the mirrors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/bewilderment-increases-in-the-presence-of-the-mirrors/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [What you want most you push away from you. You want more than you care to admit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/what-you-want-most-you-push-away-from-you-you-want-more-than-you-care/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [“I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that "obscure words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/i-like-the-modern-form-anyone-who-absolutely-has-to-understand/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [“His face was neither handsome nor anything else. It just was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/his-face-was-neither-handsome-nor-anything-else-it-just-was/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [“Vi er alt krek som lever langs breddene, langs elvestrendene. Vi fyller nettene. Vi er alle svarte små skjolddyr lenger inne på land –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/vi-er-alt-krek-som-lever-langs-breddene-langs-elvestrendene-vi-fyller/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [“What can you do when everyone around you is strong and clever?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/what-can-you-do-when-everyone-around-you-is-strong-and-clever/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/almost-nothing-need-be-said-when-you-have-eyes/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [“Where the Flame was burning By the long grey road there is ash after a fire gone out and signs of departure in dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/where-the-flame-was-burning-by-the-long-grey-road-there-is-ash-after/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [“This gave him another opportunity to use one of those words that hung before him, shining and alluring. Far away in the distance there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/this-gave-him-another-opportunity-to-use-one-of-those-words-that-hung/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

> [“Draum om nedsnødde bruer Med vi står fell snøen tettare. Kåpearmen din blir kvit. Kåpearmen min blir kvit. Dei går mellom oss som nedsnødde…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarjei-vesaas/draum-om-nedsn-dde-bruer-med-vi-st-r-fell-sn-en-tettare-k-pearmen-din/)

[Tarjei Vesaas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarjei-vesaas/)

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