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 HamsunAbout author
- Author's profession: Author
- Nationality: norwegian
- Born: August 4, 1859
- Died: February 19, 1952
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