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Knut Hamsun Quotes: Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work
         

Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work


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In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.



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Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.



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But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe.



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In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you are incapable of understanding unless someone explains it to you



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No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.



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A word can be transformed into a coulour, light, a smell; it is the writer's task to use it in such a way that it serves, never fails, can never be ignored.



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Love is every bit as violent and dangerous as murder.



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But things worked out. Everything works out. Though sometimes they work out sideways.





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