O.E. Rolvaag Quotes & Sayings

The explanation was plain; this desolation out here called forth all that was evil in human nature. — O.E. Rolvaag

A feeling of unfathomable loneliness settled upon her. — O.E. Rolvaag

Many and incredible are the tales the grandfathers tell from those days when the wilderness was yet untamed, and when they, unwittingly, founded the Kingdom. — O.E. Rolvaag

Here was the endless prairie, so rich in its blessings of fertility, but also full of great loneliness--a form of freedom which curiously affected the minds of strangers, especially those to whom the Lord had given a sad heart. — O.E. Rolvaag

People had never dwelt here, people would never come; never could they find home in this vast, wind-swept void. — O.E. Rolvaag

No, your worst sin does not consist in what you did to your husband that day; rather it lies in your discontent with God's special creatures, with your fellow men. For this reason you can experience no real happiness....That is a grievous sin, Beret Holm! — O.E. Rolvaag

When the quarrel had finally worn itself out they had found themselves at opposite ends of the earth, though lying side by side in the same bed. — O.E. Rolvaag

But more to be dreaded than this tribulation was the strange spell of sadness which the unbroken solitude cast upon the minds of stone. — O.E. Rolvaag