Sigrid Undset Quotes
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I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom
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One cannot escape dogmas—those who hold most firmly to dogmas today are those whose only dogma is that dogmas should be feared like the plague.
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God grant ... that he may learn to understand in time, that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see…
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I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire…
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I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years.
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Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe.
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I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them well.…
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No doing without some ruing.
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Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another's fate.
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And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and…
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Her heart felt as if it were breaking in her breast, bleeding and bleeding, young and fierce. From grief over the warm and ardent love…
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All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.
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Feelings of longing seemed to burst from her heart; they ran in all directions, like streams of blood, seeking out paths to all the places…
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It’s a good thing when you don’t dare do something if you don’t think it’s right. But it’s not good when you think something’s not…
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No one and nothing can harm us, child, except what we fear and love.
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