Quotes by Dinesen, Isak

I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship >>

I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is >>

I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is >>

Quotations about Women

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being o >>

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is man >>

I'm anal retentive. I'm a workaholic. I have insomnia. And I'm a contr >>

I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the ship under mutiny by sitting on the powder barrel with her lighted torch and all the time knowing that it is empty? This has seemed to me a charming image of the women of my time. There they were, keeping the world in order by sitting on the mystery of life, and knowing themselves that there was no mystery.

Dinesen, Isak