However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love… — Knut Hamsun Dream Copy Share Image
“It was in those days when I wandered about hungry in Kristiania, that strange city which no one leaves before it has… — Knut Hamsun City Copy Share Image
Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the… — Knut Hamsun Gift Copy Share Image
“Det sætter en søt Stripe gjennem mig fra øverst til nederst naar Solen staar op; jeg kaster Børsen paa Akslen under en… — Knut Hamsun Frame of mind Copy Share Image
“The dark monsters out there would suck me up when night came on, and they would carry me far across the sea… — Knut Hamsun Dark Copy Share Image
But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“At that moment not a single sad thought entered my mind; I forgot my privation and felt soothed by the sight of… — Knut Hamsun Peaceful Copy Share Image
“Poteten det var en ny frukt, det var intet mystisk ved den, intet religiøst, kvinnfolk og barn kunne være med og få… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“A tamo,na nebesima,sedeo je Bog i nije odvajao pogled od mene,pazio je da se moja propast odvija po svim pravilima umetnosti,ravnomerno i… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Den lange jærnbanereise har rystet sammen alle de forskjellige dele i vore hoder, det danser mange løse ting omkring derinde, vi kjører… — Knut Hamsun Attitude Copy Share Image
“I de siste Dager har jeg tænkt og tænkt paa Nordlandssommerens evige Dag. Jeg sitter her og tænker paa den og paa… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
No, I don't admire the genius. But I admire and love the result of the genius's activity in the world, of which… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
A few days back someone sent me two feathers. Two bird's feathers in a sheet of note-paper with a coronet, and fastened… — Knut Hamsun Bird Copy Share Image
But now it was spring again, and spring was almost unbearable for sensitive hearts. It drove creation to its utmost limits, it… — Knut Hamsun Creation Copy Share Image
“...fjældene slutter sig tættere og tættere omkring os, det synes som om alt håp er ute, bare litt himmel er synlig ret… — Knut Hamsun Awe Copy Share Image
“He was quite a Casanova, no doubt about it. He was in a very good mood today and stopped longer than usual.… — Knut Hamsun Attiude Copy Share Image
“Well, God be with you,’ she said as she finally left him. ’I’m sure He is,’ he replied. She gave a start.… — Knut Hamsun Cognac Copy Share Image
“God help me, how Tolstoy sweats over drying up people's sources of life, of wild and joyful life, drying them up and… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“They walked away from the sea, Rolandsen in the lead. He kept to the edge of the road, in the snow, to… — Knut Hamsun Attitude Copy Share Image
“..en av os bondestudenter som er blit skadet indvortes ved å bli overflyttet til fremmed jord og atmosfære, han er en liten… — Knut Hamsun Childishness Copy Share Image
“Some flies and gnats were sitting on my paper and this disturbed me; I breathed on them to make them go, then… — Knut Hamsun Animals Copy Share Image
“I lie and repeat these words over to myself, and find that they are capital. Little by little others come and fit… — Knut Hamsun Language Copy Share Image
“Det er ingen herlighet til som suset i skogen, det er som å gynge, det er som galskap; Uganda, Tananarivo, Honolulu, Atacama,… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Kvinden var menneske, den ene halvdel av menneskeheten, men mandfolk det var nu kvinden ikke!” — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
And love became the world's origin and the world's ruler, yet littered its path is with flowers and blood, flowers and blood. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Han spiste visst renmose iblandt, for hans ånde duftet som hos en renokse. Det var nogen vildtsmak av hans ånde.” — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Small things and great occur; a tooth falls from the mouth, a man out of the ranks, a sparrow to the ground.” — Knut Hamsun Great things Copy Share Image
The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar. Why? Ask the dust on the road… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Edevart var alene mand om alt om bord og på land... han skulde nok ha hat nogen til å koke mat for… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“I had noticed very clearly that every time I went hungry a little too long it was as though my brains simply… — Knut Hamsun Brains Copy Share Image
Great men are excellent topics of conversation, but the superior man, the superior men, the masters, the universal spirits on horseback, have… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Duga, duga staza preko močvari u šumu, – ko ju je ugazio? Muškarac, čovek, prvi koji se našao tu. Za njega još… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“What does the world know? Nothing! You simply get used to something, you accept it and acknowledge it, because your teacher has… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Daniel var en mand som forstod adskillig, han hadde været ute for et og andet i livet, hadde mistet både sin farsgård… — Knut Hamsun Daniel Copy Share Image
“Bær kan man ikke leve av. Men det er hyggeig at de står der i marken og er venlige for øiet. Og… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
