Tarjei Vesaas Quotes

#1. I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that obscure words come from obscure thoughts.

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#2. What you want most you push away from you.
You want more than you care to admit.

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#3. What can you do when everyone around you is strong and clever?

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#4. It must be because I've got a permanent job for the first time in my life,he thought. That's why I can't help hearing all sorts of things.

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#5. His face was neither handsome nor anything else. It just was.

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#6. Bewilderment increases in the presence of the mirrors.

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#7. One must gradually learn the truth about the boundaries between what is great and what is small.

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#8. The world was full of forces you couldn't fight against which suddenly loomed up and aimed a crushing blow at you.

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#9. Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.

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#10. I say again, you must feel you are freed. It's not right for you to go on as you are. It's not like you. You're a different person. Don't answer. It's not meant to be answered. But it's like the gleaming of stars in a well. And no explanation.

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