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Isak Dinesen

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The moment she had laid the child to the breast both became perfectly calm.

Isak Dinesen

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I had seen a herd of elephant traveling through dense native forest… pacing along as if they had an appointment at the end of the world.

Isak Dinesen

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The cure for anything is salt water - tears, sweat, or the sea.

Isak Dinesen

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That old saying which the peasants call the bachelors’ prayer: “I pray thee, good Lord, that I may not be married. But if I am to be married, that I may not be a cuckold. But if I am to be a cuckold, that I may not know. But if I am to know, that I may not mind.”

Isak Dinesen

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The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea.

Isak Dinesen

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Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.

Isak Dinesen

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