In those days I had various strong inclinations, for wine, gambling and cockfighting, and the society of gypsies, together with a passion for theological discussion which I had inherited from my father himself-all of which my father thought I had better rid myself of before I married.
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that… - Isak Dinesen
Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that…
- Isak Dinesen
If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee … - Isak Dinesen
If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee …
Human talk is a centrifugal function, ever in flight outwards from what is on the talker's mind. - Isak Dinesen
Human talk is a centrifugal function, ever in flight outwards from what is on the talker's mind.
I think all sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them. - Isak Dinesen
I think all sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. - Isak Dinesen
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.
When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the … - Isak Dinesen
When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the …
Here I am, where I am supposed to be. - Isak Dinesen
Here I am, where I am supposed to be.
To be a person is to have a story to tell. - Isak Dinesen
To be a person is to have a story to tell.
You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future. - Isak Dinesen
You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future.
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion