240 Quotes by Knut Hamsun

Then I began, as though I had never seen my shoes before, to study their expression, their mimelike movements when I moved my toes, their shape, and the worn-out leather they had; and I discovered that their wrinkles and their white seams gave them an expression, provided them with a face. Something of my own being had gone over into these shoes, they struck me as being a ghost of my "I," a breathing part of myself. . . .

One learns best as a child.

-ingen Penge mere og kan ikke arbejde, blaut, Far, udsuget, Fan danse mig.

Now as before, as nearly always these last twenty years, Oliver's life is partly within the law, partly on the borderline, occasionally a little outside.

Love was God's first word, the first thought that sailed across his mind. He said, Let there be light, and there was love.

Selv de små rosenrøde finner i hendes ansigt satte ham i henrykkelse.

Solen er forlængst dukket under synsranden, fjældene er blit hvitlig grønne, de ser ut i sin fjærnhet og i sin vælde som en verden for sig selv.

fraudulent blue ozone

Oliver was made of sterner stuff, less delicate and sensitive, more carefree, in short, the right human clay; he could endure life. Who had taken a harder knock than he? But a tiny upward turn in his fortunes, a lucky theft, a successful swindle, restored him to contentment.