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Sigrid Undset Quotes

No doing without some ruing Picture Quote #1

I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom. I avoided the discipline by an elaborate technique of being absent-minded during classes Picture Quote #1

All things that a man owns hold him far more than he holds them Picture Quote #1

Easy for them to keep their youth who will never learn a lesson Picture Quote #1

All fires burn out at last Picture Quote #1

No one and nothing can harm us, child, except what we fear and love Picture Quote #1

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The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand Picture Quote #1

But I didn’t realize then that the consequence of sin is that you have to trample on other people Picture Quote #1

The morality code that remains after the religion that produced it is rejected is like the perfume that lingers in an empty bottle Picture Quote #1

I am not so foolish as to murmur, if now, since I have drunk up my wine and beer, I have to put up with skimmed milk and sour Picture Quote #1

Tis well when we dare not do a thing we think is not good and fair; but not so well when we think a thing not good and fair because we dare not do it Picture Quote #1

I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years Picture Quote #1

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God grant... that he may learn to understand in time, that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed Picture Quote #1

It’s a good thing when you don’t dare do something if you don’t think it’s right. But it’s not good when you think something’s not right because you don’t dare do it Picture Quote #1

Feelings of longing seemed to burst from her heart; they ran in all directions, like streams of blood, seeking out paths to all the places in the wide landscape where she had lived, to all her sons roaming through the world, to all her dead lying under the earth Picture Quote #1

All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path Picture Quote #1

Her heart felt as if it were breaking in her breast, bleeding and bleeding, young and fierce. From grief over the warm and ardent love which she had lost and still secretly mourned; from anguished joy over the pale, luminous love which drew her to the farthest boundaries of life on this earth. Through the great darkness that would come, she saw the gleam of another, gentler sun, and she sensed the fragrance of the herbs in the garden at world’s end Picture Quote #1

Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another’s fate Picture Quote #1

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I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them well. Before I left this office, two of my books had already been published Picture Quote #1

I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps Picture Quote #1

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No doing without some ruing (Sigrid Undset Quotes) I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom. I avoided the discipline by an elaborate technique of being absent-minded during classes (Sigrid Undset Quotes) All things that a man owns hold him far more than he holds them (Sigrid Undset Quotes) Easy for them to keep their youth who will never learn a lesson (Sigrid Undset Quotes) All fires burn out at last (Sigrid Undset Quotes) No one and nothing can harm us, child, except what we fear and love (Sigrid Undset Quotes) The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand (Sigrid Undset Quotes) But I didn’t realize then that the consequence of sin is that you have to trample on other people (Sigrid Undset Quotes) The morality code that remains after the religion that produced it is rejected is like the perfume that lingers in an empty bottle (Sigrid Undset Quotes) I am not so foolish as to murmur, if now, since I have drunk up my wine and beer, I have to put up with skimmed milk and sour (Sigrid Undset Quotes) Tis well when we dare not do a thing we think is not good and fair; but not so well when we think a thing not good and fair because we dare not do it (Sigrid Undset Quotes) I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years (Sigrid Undset Quotes) God grant... that he may learn to understand in time, that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed (Sigrid Undset Quotes) It’s a good thing when you don’t dare do something if you don’t think it’s right. But it’s not good when you think something’s not right because you don’t dare do it (Sigrid Undset Quotes) Feelings of longing seemed to burst from her heart; they ran in all directions, like streams of blood, seeking out paths to all the places in the wide landscape where she had lived, to all her sons roaming through the world, to all her dead lying under the earth (Sigrid Undset Quotes) All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path (Sigrid Undset Quotes) Her heart felt as if it were breaking in her breast, bleeding and bleeding, young and fierce. From grief over the warm and ardent love which she had lost and still secretly mourned; from anguished joy over the pale, luminous love which drew her to the farthest boundaries of life on this earth. Through the great darkness that would come, she saw the gleam of another, gentler sun, and she sensed the fragrance of the herbs in the garden at world’s end (Sigrid Undset Quotes) Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another’s fate (Sigrid Undset Quotes) I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to do them well. Before I left this office, two of my books had already been published (Sigrid Undset Quotes) I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps (Sigrid Undset Quotes)