Knut Hamsun citáty

„Láska je pyšná loď, která se dřív nebo později dostane na mělčinu, vždyť v lásce není povznesení, jen velký, hlubokánský pád.“

—  Knut Hamsun

„I am not worthy to speak loudly of Adolf Hitler, nor do his life and deeds call for sentimental arousal. He was a warrior, a warrior for mankind, and a preacher of the gospel of justice for all nations. He was a reformer of the highest order, and his historical fate was that he lived in a time of unequalled cruelty, which felled him in the end. Thus the ordinary Western European may look upon Adolf Hitler. And we, his close followers, bow our heads at his death.“

—  Knut Hamsun

An obituary for Adolf Hitler, Aftenposten (7 May 1945)

„… 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 my final word in life or in death, I tell you goodbye.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Zdroj: Hunger

„I love three things," I then say. "I love a dream of love I once had, I love you, and I love this patch of earth."

"And which do you love best?"

"The dream.“

—  Knut Hamsun

Zdroj: Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers

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

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Zdroj: Hunger

„Do not forget, some give little, and it is much for them, others give all, and it costs them no effort; who then has given most?“

—  Knut Hamsun

Zdroj: Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers

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

—  Knut Hamsun

Zdroj: Ringen sluttet

„Keep it, keep it!" I answered. "You are very welcome to it! It is only a couple of small things, doesn't amount to anything—about everything I own in the world.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Zdroj: Hunger

„Love is every bit as violent and dangerous as murder.“

—  Knut Hamsun

„But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe…“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Mysteries

Zdroj: Mysteries

„And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me… everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the voice of the air, the distant, toneless humming which is never silent.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Zdroj: Hunger

„I can't even make up a rhyme about an umbrella, let alone death and life and eternal peace.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Mysteries

Zdroj: Mysteries

„I have gone to the forest“

—  Knut Hamsun

„But now it was spring again, and spring was almost unbearable for sensitive hearts. It drove creation to its utmost limits, it wafted its spice-laden breath even into the nostrils of the innocent.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Dreamers

Zdroj: Dreamers

„The heavy red roses smoldering in the foggy morning, blood-colored and uninhibited, made me greedy, and tempted me powerfully to steal one--I asked the prices merely so I could come as near them as possible.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Zdroj: Hunger

„Small jerks began to appear in my legs, my walk became unsteady precisely because I wanted it to be smooth.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Zdroj: Hunger

„It was not my intention to collapse; no, I would die standing.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Zdroj: Hunger

„I was on the verge of crying with grief at still being alive.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Zdroj: Hunger

„Nothing helped; I was fading helplessly away with open eyes, staring straight at the ceiling. Finally I stuck my forefinger in my mouth and took to sucking on it. Something began stirring in my brain, some thought in there scrambling to get out, a stark-staring mad idea: what if I gave a bite? And without a moment's hesitation I squeezed my eyes shut and clenched my teeth together. I jumped up. I was finally awake.“

—  Knut Hamsun, kniha Hunger

Hunger (1890), p. 110