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Victoria
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"Victoria" Quotes

A young woman navigates the challenges of love and social expectations in 19th-century Norway.

Quotes

Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life’s light to be determined by the darkness around me.

Knut Hamsun

liferesilience

I stood there like a man who's lost his way, and at the same time I felt an enormous joy.

Knut Hamsun

confusionjoy

In the end, it's the small things that matter the most.

Knut Hamsun

importancedetails

Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough. But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve.

Knut Hamsun

solitudeindependence

Every man is a part of the continent, a piece of the main.

Knut Hamsun

unityhumanity

I am not very good at explaining things. But here is an explanation of my life.

Knut Hamsun

self-awarenessintrospection

Every man is a riddle to himself.

Knut Hamsun

mysteryself-discovery

The world has room for everything, except a doubter.

Knut Hamsun

faithcertainty

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

Knut Hamsun

lifechoices

Sometimes it is easier to smile and nod than to explain how you really feel.

Knut Hamsun

communicationunderstanding