“We are the poem's ancient band of twelve that proceeds through the ages. There were twelve of us, when we ruled the world on the cloud-covered top of Olympus, and twelve when we lived as birds in Ygdrasil's green crown.… — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant spat three… — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
“He needed so much to weep. All the distrust of life which misfortunes had brought to the little Värmland boy needed tears to wash… — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
Here, no mercy is shown. One hates one's fellow man to the glory of God. — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
“Assim manda a justiça - a inteligência e a sabedoria foram e são ainda hoje as qualidades que transformam o mendigo em príncipe.” — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind. — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush to their destruction, and… — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
“What Gosta,' he said to himself, 'can you no longer endure? You have been hardened in poverty all of your life; you have heard every tree in the forest, every tuft in the meadows preach to you of sacrifice and patience. You, brought up in a country where the winter is severe, and the summer joy is very short, have… — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share
For what is man's soul but a flame? It flickers in and around the body of a man as does the flame around the… — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them is the… — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
