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title: "3 Lili Elbe Quotes"
description: "Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of sex reassignment surgery."
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# Lili Elbe

 **3** quotes in **4** categories

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Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe, was a Danish painter, transgender woman, and one of the earliest recipients of sex reassignment surgery.

##  Quotes by Lili Elbe

> [“His ultimate hope was to die in order that Lili might awaken to a new life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lili-elbe/his-ultimate-hope-was-to-die-in-order-that-lili-might-awaken-to-a-new/)

Lili Elbe

[Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/lili-elbe-80285_hope_his-ultimate-hope-was-to-die-in-order-th_349945.jpg)

> [“She had become Grete’s favourite model. Lili wandered through her best works.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lili-elbe/she-had-become-grete-s-favourite-model-lili-wandered-through-her-best/)

Lili Elbe

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/lili-elbe-80285_model-lili_she-had-become-grete-s-favourite-model-l_593548.jpg)

> [“Whereas he felt tired and seemed to welcome death, Lili was joyous and in the freshness of youth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lili-elbe/whereas-he-felt-tired-and-seemed-to-welcome-death-lili-was-joyous-and/)

Lili Elbe

[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/lili-elbe-80285_death_whereas-he-felt-tired-and-seemed-to-welc_1588465.jpg)

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