"I stood in the lee of an overhanging……" — Knut Hamsun
"I stood in the lee of an overhanging rock and thought of many things."
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48 Quotes by Knut Hamsun
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Earth and sea merged, the sea tossed itself in the air in a fantastic dance, into the shapes of men…
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There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee…
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But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness.…
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I was conscious all the time that I was following mad whims without being able to do anything about it…
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Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge…
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In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind,…
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Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We…
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Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of…
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When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.
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No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly,…
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What if one were up there, drifting about among suns and feeling the tails of comets fan one's forehead! How…
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Rather than admire the mediocre great men over whom passersby nudge each other in awe, I venerate the young, unknown…
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