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Knut Hamsun   ::   The Wanderer

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Evidently they were both equally given to good deeds. And when they had done one, each blamed the other. This must be, here on earth, the marriage that dreamers have dreamed of.
In old age we no longer live our lives; we merely keep on our feet with the aid of memories. We are like a batch of letters that someone has sent; we are no longer in the post, we have arrived. The same is true whether our contents have stirred up joys and sorrows, or whether they have made no impression at all. Thank you for life, it was fun to live!
But there was no mirth in his face, and his smile hardly deserved the name.
Age confers no maturity; age confers nothing beyond old age.
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