I stood in the lee of an overhanging rock and thought of many things. — Knut Hamsun Inspirational Copy Share Image
Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Her vedlægges nu et par dusing skille-tegn som du selv må sitte til hist og her i brevet!” — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways. — Knut Hamsun Everything works out Copy Share Image
I can't even make up a rhyme about an umbrella, let alone death and life and eternal peace. — Knut Hamsun Death Copy Share Image
When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate. — Knut Hamsun Destiny Copy Share Image
In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the passing, we… — Knut Hamsun Age Copy Share Image
“I lay with open eyes in a state of utter absence from myself and felt deliciously out of it.” — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Vi andre blir til det lille vi blir fordi er så almindelige. Han er fra et grænseland som er ukjendt for os.” — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Solen er forlængst dukket under synsranden, fjældene er blit hvitlig grønne, de ser ut i sin fjærnhet og i sin vælde som… — Knut Hamsun Awe Copy Share Image
Do not forget, some give little, and it is much for them, others give all, and it costs them no effort; who… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Det sted man er fra er alltid pent, det er fedrelandsfølelsen i det små, hjemmefølelsen. (”Bonde“, 1918)” — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Det var intet pent på denne mand, han var så ufuldkommen, stærk nok over akslerne; men med nogen skrøpelige lægger, han så… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“There wasn't a cloud in my mind, nor did I feel any discomfort, and I hadn't a single unfulfilled desire or craving… — Knut Hamsun Desire Copy Share Image
“Fra min Hytte kunde jeg se et Virvar av Øer og Holmer og Skjær, litt av Sjøen, nogen blaanende Fjældtinder, og bak… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Til andre Tider kan selv usædvanlige Oplevelser ikke formaa at rykke en ut av en jævn og fattig Stemning; midt i en… — Knut Hamsun Frame of mind Copy Share Image
“If I happened to find a diamond one day, I would call it Dagny, because the very sound of your name thrills… — Knut Hamsun Day and night Copy Share Image
“Vendt mot syd, var til høyre en langbratt mektig ås. Bakom denne blå fjell. Til venstre en naken skrent; mange vannfosser nedover.… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Hvad vinding er det i grunden endog rent praktisk talt at man ribber livet for al poesi, al drøm, al skjøn mystik,… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Growth of the soil was something different, a thing to be procured at any cost; the only source, the origin of all.… — Knut Hamsun Life Copy Share Image
I was conscious all the time that I was following mad whims without being able to do anything about it … .… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Jaja, sa Edevart og nikket, jeg forstår at du er kjær i hende. Jeg må vel være, svarte August. Når jeg ser… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
“KARENO (sitter ved skrivebordet. Han er 50 år, skjeggløs, med nesten hvitt hår, iført slitte, grå klær): Min filosofis fremtid, sier De?… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Sjøen lå speilblank igår og den ligger speilblank idag. Det er indian summer og varme på øen – og o hvor det… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and… — Knut Hamsun Absence Copy Share Image
But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness. The world… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“En kold og syrlig lukt av sydlanske varer slog ham imøte, av kaffe og olje og vin. Høie rækker av tekasser, bundter… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Nu sitter de tre der og koser sig med hverandre og har denne lille hemmelighet med slikkerier sig imellem. Det er som… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“That room was Rolandsen’s world. Rolandsen was not just irresponsibility and inebriation, he was also great thinker and inventor. There was a… — Knut Hamsun Attitude Copy Share Image
“There was a merciless gnawing in my chest, a queer silent labor was going on in there. I pictured a score of… — Knut Hamsun Animals Copy Share Image
One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing.” — Knut Hamsun Collapse Copy Share Image
