“You are welcome to your intellectual pastimes and books and art and newspapers; welcome, too, to your bars and your whisky that… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“The poet must always, in every instance, have the vibrant word... that by it's trenchancy can so wound my soul that it… — Knut Hamsun 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 Copy Share Image
Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt… — Knut Hamsun 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 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 Image
“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 Image
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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
But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
![“I imagined I had discovered a new word. I rise up in bed and say, "It is not in the language; I have discovered it. 'Kuboa.' It has letters as a word has. By the benign God, Man you have discovered a word!... 'Kuboa' ... a word of profound import. [...] Some minutes pass over, and I wax nervous…” quote by Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bd0/knut-hamsun-1203_language_i-imagined-i-had-discovered-a-new-word-i_170312.jpg)
