“And looking at animals in cages doesn't interest me in general. They know we are standing there looking at them–they sense the… — Knut Hamsun Animal Copy Share Image
Earth and sea merged, the sea tossed itself in the air in a fantastic dance, into the shapes of men and horses… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“De hadde hat mangfoldige ting sammen og fåt nogen fyldige barndomsår opover. De var begge like gode om det da de stjal… — Knut Hamsun First love Copy Share Image
“...folk drak brus med sprit i og åt smørogbrød med røkelaks og svinerul og bringebærsyltetøi på, og de hadde jo hørt så… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
“Om morgningen gik hun ikke igjen og hele dagen gik hun heller ikke igjen, men var til nytte og mælket gjeiterne og… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
...I will exile my thoughts if they think of you again, and I will rip my lips out if they say your… — Knut Hamsun Death Copy Share Image
“... den brystsyke herremand foretrak denne gamle sæterhytte. Her satte han sig på træstolen og fik melk av en bolle eller rømmekolle… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“What would it profit us, after all, even from a purely practical viewpoint, if we stripped life of all poetry, all dreams,… — Knut Hamsun Dreams Copy Share Image
“[Wergeland] slapp å bli en olding som satt og gjorde seg motbydelig for sine omgivelser ved sin elde. En gave var det… — Knut Hamsun Aging Copy Share Image
An increasing number of people who lead mental lives of great intensity, people who are sensitive by nature, notice the steadily more… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“The poet must always, in every instance, have the vibrant word... that by it's trenchancy can so wound my soul that it… — Knut Hamsun Books Copy Share Image
“Det ligger en skog mellom sjøen og Benonis hus. Den er ikke Benonis skog, men en almenning, en stor blandingsskog av bartrær,… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“I have no respect to merchants and preachers; as far as I’m concerned, their only talent is coming up with the right… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“I began running so as to punish myself, left street after street behind me, pushed myself on with inward jeers, and screeched… — Knut Hamsun Laughing At Myself Copy Share Image
“I imagined I had discovered a new word. I rise up in bed and say, "It is not in the language; I… — Knut Hamsun Language Copy Share Image
“God had poked His finger down into my nerves and gently, almost without thinking, brought a little confusion among those threads. And… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
Language must resound with all the harmonies of music. The writer must always, at all times, find the tremulous word which captures… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“When I got outside, I came to a standstill and said loudly in the open street, as I clenched my hands: ”I… — Knut Hamsun Lord god Copy Share Image
“Genius in the popular sense has become common. (...) Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other… — Knut Hamsun Genius Copy Share Image
Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when… — Knut Hamsun Blushing Copy Share Image
“Han måtte rehabilitere seg ved et bedrag; når han lot gjelde at han var som andre, at han var kommensurabel, så måtte… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“During those days, both the bed and my little rickety table were swimming in notes and scribbled-over manuscripts that I took turns… — Knut Hamsun Language Copy Share Image
“Av tre ting og ikke mere, svarer Ezra: av kornet på marken, av fisken i sjøen og av dyr og fugl i… — Knut Hamsun Ezra Copy Share Image
No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
The heavy red roses smoldering in the foggy morning, blood-colored and uninhibited, made me greedy, and tempted me powerfully to steal one--I… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Det blev litt festmat efter kirketid en søndag, og gjesterne de var bare Karolus og hans kone Ane Maria, foruten naturligvis Ezra… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
“Jeg gik Dag efter Dag i Aaserne med Æsop ved min Side og jeg ønsket intet heller end at faa vedbli at… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“... han lå ute om natten og spiste intet uten som litt multebær som hans bærer sanket i sin lue. Den fjerde… — Knut Hamsun Food Copy Share Image
“Slik var kjærligheten. Den kunde ruinere sin mand, gjenreise ham og brændemeærke ham igjen; den kunde elske mig idag, dig imorgen og… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Men da tokayeren stod næsten urørt i glassene fik fru Julie champagne og frukt ind, druer, epler, fikener. Nei du store verden!… — Knut Hamsun Abundance Copy Share Image
“Takva je ljubav. Ona može da uništi čoveka, i nanovo ga podigne i preporodi. Danas može da voli mene, sutra tebe, a… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Love is God’s first word, the first thought that sailed through his mind. When he said: Let there by light! there was… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Yesterday the sea was as smooth as a mirror; it is smooth as a mirror today. The island is having an Indian… — Knut Hamsun Indian summer Copy Share Image
“She came quickly over to me and held out her hand. I looked at her full of distrust. Was she doing this… — Knut Hamsun Tenderness Copy Share Image
“...As I lie there in this position, letting my eyes wander down my breast and legs, I notice the twitching motion made… — Knut Hamsun Adventure Copy Share Image
“Året er 1945. Den 26. mai kom politimesteren i Arendal til Nørholm og forkynte husarrest for min kone og meg for 30… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Then I began, as though I had never seen my shoes before, to study their expression, their mimelike movements when I moved… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
![“[Wergeland] slapp å bli en olding som satt og gjorde seg motbydelig for sine omgivelser ved sin elde. En gave var det til ham fra gudene, en nåde var det mot ham av gudene. Og heller ikke gled han nedover til den slappelse i sin produksjon som kanskje ville føre til en St. Olav eller en annen fin…” quote by Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/778/knut-hamsun-1203_aging_wergeland-slapp-bli-en-olding-som-satt-o_724670.png)
![“I imagined I had discovered a new word. I rise up in bed and say, "It is not in the language; I have discovered it. 'Kuboa.' It has letters as a word has. By the benign God, Man you have discovered a word!... 'Kuboa' ... a word of profound import. [...] Some minutes pass over, and I wax nervous…” quote by Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/knut-hamsun-1203_language_i-imagined-i-had-discovered-a-new-word-i_170312.png)
