--- title: "1 Eternity Know Quotes By Knut Hamsun" description: "1 Eternity Know quotes by Knut Hamsun. Plus more from Knut Hamsun and more Eternity Know sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/knut-hamsun-1203_books_this-is-a-life-you-do-not-understand-yes_965241.png" --- > [“This is a life you do not understand. Yes, your home is in the city, and you have furnished it with vanities, with pictures and books; but you have a wife and a servant and a hundred expenses. Asleep or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/this-is-a-life-you-do-not-understand-yes-your-home-is-in-the-city-and/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/knut-hamsun-1203_books_this-is-a-life-you-do-not-understand-yes_965241.png) ## More by Knut Hamsun > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/well-god-be-with-you-she-said-as-she-finally-left-him-i-m-sure-he-is/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/de-sier-hun-er-melle-firti-og-femti-men-hun-er-mindst-seksti-ropte/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) > [No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/no-worse-fate-can-befall-a-young-man-or-woman-than-becoming/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) > [“Værsåartig, her var nu litt om bær, vore bærsorter...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/v-rs-artig-her-var-nu-litt-om-b-r-vore-b-rsorter/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/the-ships-whose-masts-i-saw-outlined-against-the-sky-looked-with/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/and-love-became-the-world-s-origin-and-the-world-s-ruler-yet-littered/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) > [But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/but-what-really-matters-is-not-what-you-believe-but-the-faith-and/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/no-i-don-t-admire-the-genius-but-i-admire-and-love-the-result-of-the/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) > [“Gud hvor De ser ut som en sån melankolsk fabelkat.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/gud-hvor-de-ser-ut-som-en-s-n-melankolsk-fabelkat/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/daniel-var-en-mand-som-forstod-adskillig-han-hadde-v-ret-ute-for-et/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/i-imagined-i-had-discovered-a-new-word-i-rise-up-in-bed-and-say-it-is/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/poteten-det-var-en-ny-frukt-det-var-intet-mystisk-ved-den-intet/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/solen-er-forl-ngst-dukket-under-synsranden-fj-ldene-er-blit-hvitlig/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/if-i-happened-to-find-a-diamond-one-day-i-would-call-it-dagny-because/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/there-are-some-people-who-cannot-help-giving-why-because-they/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eternity-know/knut-hamsun/#itemlist", "name": "1 Eternity Know Quotes By Knut Hamsun", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is a life you do not understand. 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