Isak Dinesen
Born: 04-16-1885
Isak Dinesen, the pen name of Karen Blixen, was a Danish author renowned for her rich storytelling and evocative prose. Born in 1885, she gained international acclaim with works like "Out of Africa" and "Seven Gothic Tales," blending personal experiences with imaginative narratives. Dinesen's storytelling mastery reflects her life in Kenya and her aristocratic Danish roots, leaving a lasting impact on 20th-century literature.
Book summaries for books written by Isak Dinesen
Quotes
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.
A love story is not about those who lose their heart but about those who find that sullen inhabitant who, when it is stumbled upon, means the body can fool no one, can fool nothing— not the wisdom of sleep or the habit of social graces. It is a consuming of oneself and the past.
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
The highest purpose of art is to inspire. What else can you do? What else can you do for any one but inspire them?
The thought of death is not the food of the soul. Rather, the soul feeds upon the loss of the body.
A young man who would make his way in life must avoid all entangling alliances.
The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.
The cure for love is marriage.
Here I am, where I ought to be.
The silence of the forest is my bride and the sweet dark warmth of the whole world is my love, and out of the heart of that dark warmth comes the secret that is heard only in silence, but it is the root of all the secrets that are whispered by all the lovers in their beds all over the world.
I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills.