Knut Hamsun citáty
Knut Hamsun
Datum narození: 4. srpen 1859
Datum úmrtí: 19. únor 1952
Další jména: Knud Peterson Hamsun
Knut Hamsun, vlastním jménem Knud Pedersen, byl norský spisovatel, nositel Nobelovy ceny za literaturu za rok 1920
Citáty 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.“
An obituary for Adolf Hitler, Aftenposten (7 May 1945)
„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.“
Zdroj: Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers
„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?“
Zdroj: Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers
„But what really matters is not what you believe but the faith and conviction with which you believe…“
— Knut Hamsun, kniha Mysteries
Zdroj: Mysteries
„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
„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