It is not a good omen to meet a lot of cats when one sets out on a journey, so the Lieutenant… — Selma Lagerlöf Cat Copy Share Image
“He needed so much to weep. All the distrust of life which misfortunes had brought to the little Värmland boy needed tears… — Selma Lagerlöf Fasting Copy Share Image
Here, no mercy is shown. One hates one's fellow man to the glory of God. — Selma Lagerlöf Atheism Copy Share Image
“Assim manda a justiça - a inteligência e a sabedoria foram e são ainda hoje as qualidades que transformam o mendigo em… — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind. — Selma Lagerlöf Able Copy Share Image
Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush to their… — Selma Lagerlöf Bears Copy Share Image
“What Gosta,' he said to himself, 'can you no longer endure? You have been hardened in poverty all of your life; you… — Selma Lagerlöf Courage Copy Share Image
For what is man's soul but a flame? It flickers in and around the body of a man as does the flame… — Selma Lagerlöf Body Copy Share Image
The ways of Providence cannot be reasoned out by the finite mind ... I cannot fathom them, yet seeking to know them… — Selma Lagerlöf Fathom Copy Share Image
Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right. — Selma Lagerlöf Advice Copy Share Image
If dead things love, if earth and water distinguish friends from enemies, I should like to possess their love. I should like… — Selma Lagerlöf Body Copy Share Image
“É mais fácil voar alto do que baixo (...) é mais fácil voar depressa do que devagar.” — Selma Lagerlöf Copy Share Image
... I see the green earth covered with the works of man or with the ruins of men’s work. The pyramids weigh… — Selma Lagerlöf Aprons Copy Share Image
It is a strange thing to come home. While yet on the journey, you cannot at all realize how strange it will… — Selma Lagerlöf Coming home Copy Share Image
Have you ever seen a child sitting on its mother’s knee listening to fairy stories? As long as the child is told… — Selma Lagerlöf Beautiful Copy Share Image
He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep. — Selma Lagerlöf Force Copy Share Image
A man may be outlawed for the sake of a fish net he has never seen. — Selma Lagerlöf Fishes Copy Share Image
“We are the poem's ancient band of twelve that proceeds through the ages. There were twelve of us, when we ruled the… — Selma Lagerlöf Poetry Copy Share Image
There is always a third possibility, as long as you have the ability to find it. — Selma Lagerlöf Ability Copy Share Image
There is so much one would rather not believe until one has seen for oneself whether it is true. — Selma Lagerlöf Belief Copy Share Image
There isn't much that tastes better than praise from those who are wise and capable. — Selma Lagerlöf Capability Copy Share Image
