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Knut Hamsun Quotes

Knut Hamsun quotes about life

Norwegian Author August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952

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The other one he loved like a slave, like a madman and like a beggar. Why? Ask the dust on the road and the falling leaves, ask the mysterious God of life; for no one knows such things. She gave him nothing, no nothing did she give him and yet he thanked her. She said: Give me your peace and your reason! And he was only sorry she did not ask for his life. Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun quote: "I can't even make up a rhyme about an umbrella, let alone..."
I can't even make up a rhyme about an umbrella, let alone death and life and eternal peace. Knut Hamsun
...I will exile my thoughts if they think of you again, and I will rip my lips out if they say your name once more. Now if you do exist, I will tell you my final word in life or in death, I tell you goodbye. Knut Hamsun
It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur? Knut Hamsun
Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what we are and, no doubt, it is all very good for us! Knut Hamsun

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