Tarjei Vesaas Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Tarjei Vesaas
One must gradually learn the truth about the boundaries between what is great and what is small. — Tarjei Vesaas
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. — Tarjei Vesaas
Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes. — Tarjei Vesaas
This gave him another opportunity to use one of those words that hung before him, shining and alluring. Far away in the distance there were more of them, dangerously sharp. Words that were not for him, but which he used all the same on the sly, and which had an exciting flavour and gave him a tingling feeling in the head. They were a little dangerous, all of them. — Tarjei Vesaas
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. — Tarjei Vesaas
Where the Flame was burning
By the long grey road
there is ash after a fire gone out
and signs of departure
in dust and heat.
That is all.
But the flame that burned
in the circle of the travellers
whirled only before the eye
in unextinguished longing.
They were travelling for a dream
and could give all,
and must go on in their searchings
and their unease,
and the bonfire burned on
in every edge of sight,
whilst new searchers dug in the ashes
and in the ground under the ashes,
and it is dream
that is happiness
for those journeying. — Tarjei Vesaas
The world was full of forces you couldn't fight against which suddenly loomed up and aimed a crushing blow at you. — Tarjei Vesaas
What can you do when everyone around you is strong and clever? — Tarjei Vesaas
What you want most you push away from you.
You want more than you care to admit. — Tarjei Vesaas
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. — Tarjei Vesaas