"Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off by themselves and blush with shame; not so the great poet.... If you really have to quote someone, quote a geographer; that way you won't give yourself away. (p 44)"

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Source : Knut Hamsun (2011). “Mysteries”, p.33, Souvenir Press

Knut Hamsun

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