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Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: It is the era that we take photos of, not the people in it, they can't be captured.

It is the era that we take photos of, not the people in it, they can't be captured.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: But what do you say to have any impact on a man who at one time admired the Spice Girls?

But what do you say to have any impact on a man who at one time admired the Spice Girls?

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Writing is more about destroying than creating (195).

Writing is more about destroying than creating (195).

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: You're the only person I know who can take communion despite not believing in God and not commit blasphemy. The only person I know.

You're the only person I know who can take communion despite not believing in God and not commit blasphemy. The only person I know.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: He was a particularly detestable boy. He reminded me of myself when I was younger.

He was a particularly detestable boy. He reminded me of myself when I was younger.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: The problem is not so much that the world limits your imagination as your imagination limits the world.

The problem is not so much that the world limits your imagination as your imagination limits the world.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I'd had the picture of John Lennon in my room all the time I was at gymnas and proceeded to hang it on the wall behind the typewriter.

I'd had the picture of John Lennon in my room all the time I was at gymnas and proceeded to hang it on the wall behind the typewriter.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: But what we were best at, what we were really the kings of, that was buses and sitting around in bedrooms. No one could beat us at that.

But what we were best at, what we were really the kings of, that was buses and sitting around in bedrooms. No one could beat us at that.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: He was the kind to cut through to the essence, and thus someone who made a difference.

He was the kind to cut through to the essence, and thus someone who made a difference.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Why would someone with such red cheeks who liked to go on long walks in the forest have such a big cock? I wondered. What would he do with it?

Why would someone with such red cheeks who liked to go on long walks in the forest have such a big cock? I wondered. What would he do with it?

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Life's a pitch, as the old woman said. She couldn't pronounce her 'b's.

Life's a pitch, as the old woman said. She couldn't pronounce her 'b's.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: For me, personally, it is very important that the days are exactly the same, so I have routines. I do the same thing every day.

For me, personally, it is very important that the days are exactly the same, so I have routines. I do the same thing every day.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: But now he was married and had children, and even though he still had the boat the aura of island romanticism had gone. The long hair too.

But now he was married and had children, and even though he still had the boat the aura of island romanticism had gone. The long hair too.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: That is what you do when you breathe, you trespass, again and again you trespass on the world.

That is what you do when you breathe, you trespass, again and again you trespass on the world.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: If you really love me, you have to come to me without demands, I thought but didn't say, I wanted her to notice on her own.

If you really love me, you have to come to me without demands, I thought but didn't say, I wanted her to notice on her own.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: For life, it's very, very bad to be sensitive, but for a writer, it's very good.

For life, it's very, very bad to be sensitive, but for a writer, it's very good.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I, for my part, never looked forward to anything except the moment the office door closed behind me and I was alone and able to write.

I, for my part, never looked forward to anything except the moment the office door closed behind me and I was alone and able to write.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: To have an outside where you've come from and an inside where you are going.

To have an outside where you've come from and an inside where you are going.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: If dogs can smell fear, girls can smell nervousness, that was my experience. From

If dogs can smell fear, girls can smell nervousness, that was my experience. From

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Indifference is one of the seven deadly sins, actually the greatestof them all, because it is the only one that sins against life.

Indifference is one of the seven deadly sins, actually the greatest
of them all, because it is the only one that sins against life.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I feel almost physically ill in the presence of boring people who consider themselves especially interesting and who blow their own trumpets.

I feel almost physically ill in the presence of boring people who consider themselves especially interesting and who blow their own trumpets.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: The general perception of writers' lives is that they are exciting and desirable. But you generally spend most of your time cooking and cleaning.

The general perception of writers' lives is that they are exciting and desirable. But you generally spend most of your time cooking and cleaning.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: How desperate do you have to be to start doing push-ups to solve your problems?

How desperate do you have to be to start doing push-ups to solve your problems?

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: All I needed to know, all true knowledge, the only really essential knowledge, was to be found in the books I read and the music I listened to

All I needed to know, all true knowledge, the only really essential knowledge, was to be found in the books I read and the music I listened to

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Attributing to another author, Writing a novel is like setting a goal and walking there in your sleep.

Attributing to another author, Writing a novel is like setting a goal and walking there in your sleep.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Oh, the beauty of it, how to deal with it? How to meet it?

Oh, the beauty of it, how to deal with it? How to meet it?

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Understanding must not be confused with knowledge for I knew next to nothing

Understanding must not be confused with knowledge for I knew next to nothing

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I walked around Stockholm's streets, modern and feminized, with a furious nineteenth-century man inside me.

I walked around Stockholm's streets, modern and feminized, with a furious nineteenth-century man inside me.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: In the modernist era the division between art and the world was close to absolute, or put another way, art was a world of its own.

In the modernist era the division between art and the world was close to absolute, or put another way, art was a world of its own.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: The very thought of Dad, the fact that he existed, caused fear to pump through my body.

The very thought of Dad, the fact that he existed, caused fear to pump through my body.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: All erect dicks are bent. Or, if not all, then at least enough of them to be eulogized in a poem.

All erect dicks are bent. Or, if not all, then at least enough of them to be eulogized in a poem.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Taxis, I loved taxis. Not the ones I came home drunk in, but the ones I caught to airports or railway stations.

Taxis, I loved taxis. Not the ones I came home drunk in, but the ones I caught to airports or railway stations.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Why should you live in a world without feeling its weight?

Why should you live in a world without feeling its weight?

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Before i going out i stood in such a way that i could see the face in the wooden flooring. and i was really Christ.

Before i going out i stood in such a way that i could see the face in the wooden flooring. and i was really Christ.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: You're the only boy who talks about clothes," Solveig said. "I know," I said.

You're the only boy who talks about clothes," Solveig said. "I know," I said.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I sat down on the sofa, strangely restless, it was as though the tempo inside me was greater than that outside.

I sat down on the sofa, strangely restless, it was as though the tempo inside me was greater than that outside.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I have never understood the point of holidays, have never felt the need for them and have always just wanted to do more work.

I have never understood the point of holidays, have never felt the need for them and have always just wanted to do more work.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Saying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying.

Saying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I think that the best literature has a core that you can't lock to a time or place but that can generate lots of meanings and translations.

I think that the best literature has a core that you can't lock to a time or place but that can generate lots of meanings and translations.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: The thought of this could sometimes weigh me down because I wanted so much to be someone. I wanted so much to be special.

The thought of this could sometimes weigh me down because I wanted so much to be someone. I wanted so much to be special.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: One's self-image not only encompasses the person you are but also the person you wanted to be, could be or once had been.

One's self-image not only encompasses the person you are but also the person you wanted to be, could be or once had been.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Literature is what words evoke in the reader.

Literature is what words evoke in the reader.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Who cares about politics when there are flames licking at your insides?

Who cares about politics when there are flames licking at your insides?

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops.

For the heart, life is simple: it beats for as long as it can. Then it stops.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Now it was ruined. That was what I wanted. And now it had happened.

Now it was ruined. That was what I wanted. And now it had happened.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: In our century even our dreams are alike, even dreams are things we sell. Undifferentiated, which is just another way of saying indifferent.

In our century even our dreams are alike, even dreams are things we sell. Undifferentiated, which is just another way of saying indifferent.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: The needs of the moment always trumped promises of the future, however enticing the latter.

The needs of the moment always trumped promises of the future, however enticing the latter.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Attending a poetry reading is like being in a hospital," he said as we left the next station. "Full of neuroses.

Attending a poetry reading is like being in a hospital," he said as we left the next station. "Full of neuroses.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Off with my clothes, switch on the water, steaming hot, over my head, down my body.Should i have a wank?

Off with my clothes, switch on the water, steaming hot, over my head, down my body.
Should i have a wank?

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: There is only one thing children find harder to hold back than tears, and that is joy.

There is only one thing children find harder to hold back than tears, and that is joy.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Sensitivity and strength of will are not a simple combination.

Sensitivity and strength of will are not a simple combination.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I would have loved to buy a hot dog from her, just to watch her squeezing the ketchup and mustard from the plastic bottles over the sausage,

I would have loved to buy a hot dog from her, just to watch her squeezing the ketchup and mustard from the plastic bottles over the sausage,

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: Yngve came in and said that John Bonham, the drummer in Led Zeppelin, was on one of the songs.

Yngve came in and said that John Bonham, the drummer in Led Zeppelin, was on one of the songs.

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: They were going to work, I could see it in their eyes, they had that vacant wage-earner look. I

They were going to work, I could see it in their eyes, they had that vacant wage-earner look. I

Karl Ove Knausgard quotes: I had never been allowed to invite friends on my birthday, and nor was I on this one. I was sullen and surly, I ate the cake without a word

I had never been allowed to invite friends on my birthday, and nor was I on this one. I was sullen and surly, I ate the cake without a word ...