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Knut Hamsun

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Knut Hamsun Quotes

Total quotes: 4

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Knut Hamsun

Birthname

AKA: Knut Hamsun

Birthday: August 4, 1859

Death: February 19, 1952

Nationality: Norway

Occupations: Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer, Poet, Chupame Este Penco

Spouse: Marie Hamsun

Total quotes: 4

“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…goodbye.”

— Knut Hamsun, Hunger

Tagged: parting, Moving On

“There are some people who cannot help giving. Why? Because they experience a real psychological pleasure in doing so. They don’t do it with an eye to their own advantage, they do it on the quiet; they detest doing it openly because that would take away some of the satisfaction. They do it in secret, with quick trembling hands… which they do not themselves understand”

— Knut Hamsun, Mysteries

Tagged: Giving, Generosity, Pleasure

“But I love you, I love you for that too, not only for your virtues, but also for your malice.”

— Knut Hamsun, Mysteries

Tagged: Love

“My life is so unlived.”

— Knut Hamsun, Victoria

Tagged: Life, Lost Potential

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