All Knut Hamsun Quotes
- A few days back someone sent me two feathers. Two bird's feathers in a sheet of note-paper with a coronet, and fastened with a seal.… All
- I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and happy to be… Absence
- I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love this patch of… Best
- There was a rock in front of my hut, a tall, gray rock. By its looks it seemed to be well-disposed toward me... Disposed
- Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity. Balanced
- Small jerks began to appear in my legs, my walk became unsteady precisely because I wanted it to be smooth. Appear
- The heavy red roses smoldering in the foggy morning, blood-colored and uninhibited, made me greedy, and tempted me powerfully to steal one--I asked the prices… Asked
- Keep it, keep it!" I answered. "You are very welcome to it! It is only a couple of small things, doesn't amount to anything—about everything… Amount
- The long, long road over the moors and up into the forest - who trod it into being first of all? Man, a human being,… All
- ...I will exile my thoughts if they think of you again, and I will rip my lips out if they say your name once more.… Death
- And love was creation's source,creation's ruler; but all love's ways are strewn with blossoms and blood, blossoms and blood. All
- But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways. Everything Works
- The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret… Able
- And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the voice of the… Air
- An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more frequent appearance in… Afar
- The intelligent poor individual was a much finer observer than the intelligent rich one. The poor individual looks around him at every step, listens suspiciously… Alert
- Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off… Away P
- I can't even make up a rhyme about an umbrella, let alone death and life and eternal peace. Alone
- But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe… Believe
- The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar. Why? Ask the dust on the road and the falling… Ask