Quotes About Knut Hamsun

And love was creation's source,creation's ruler; but all love's ways are strewn with blossoms and blood, blossoms and blood.

It was in those days when I wandered about hungry in Kristiania, that strange city which no one leaves before it has set its mark upon him. . . .

Men hvad bruker hun al den sherryen til? De har visst svært ofte skjelpadesuppe der i huset. Ja men en flaske om dag!

I do not know from where the impression came, but it appeared to me that I had never in my life seen a more vile back than this one, and I did not regret that I had abused the creature before he left me.

His feeling for ivory was somewhat undeveloped.

Knut Hamsun's writing is magical. His sentences are glowing; he could write about anything and make it alive. Of contemporary writers, Thure Erik Lund is my definite favorite.

And love was creation's source,creation's ruler; but all love's ways are strewn with blossoms and blood, blossoms and blood.