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Ebba Haslund

(1917–2009) Writer

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Ebba Haslund was a writer.

Quick Facts About Ebba Haslund

Born: August 12, 1917
Died: July 10, 2009
Profession: Writer

About Ebba Haslund

[Wikidata] Norwegian writer and politician (1917-2009)... | [Wikipedia] Ebba Margareta Haslund Halvorsen was an American-Norwegian novelist, writer of short stories, playwright, essayist, children's writer, literary critic, radio speaker and politician.

Quotes by Ebba Haslund

“I wish I knew more about people, besides the trivial, superficial things - I wish I knew something essential about each and…

Human-essence

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“Everything that happens to one is intrinsically like oneself.' A dry, boring person is doomed to live a dry, boring life. Everything…

Boring life

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“It was more likely the fear of emptiness, of being left alone in a shadow world when everyone else abandoned me, each…

Abandonment

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“I must learn to love. And when love is first there, it will soon find an object - a child, a man…

Children

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“I've been imagining that I loved Hans Jorgen. How stupid and how dishonest. It was Gro I loved, Gro who meant something…

Love

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“It's wrong to be ashamed of yourself. Presumptuous and stupid. I've made myself sick with shame, because I could feel so strongly…

Another woman

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“I understand it now. You can't shut anything out. You have to open yourself completely and just receive. Let it get close…

Acceptance

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