Quote by Knut Hamsun Download Open image ““All I was capable of, even deep in misery, was rhetoric and belles-lettres, it was all talk.”” — Knut Hamsun ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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