Danish Author Quotes

Hans Christian Andersen

Karen Blixen

Johannes V. Jensen

Margrethe II of Denmark

Adam Oehlenschläger

Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Janne Teller

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne.

Johannes V. Jensen

Well, it's not so easy to give an answer when you ask a stupid question!

Hans Christian Andersen

I always have a difficult time making them believe that I intend everything as it's stated.

I was supported from every side by my family and by the ministers, but so much also by the people.

Margrethe II of Denmark

My childhood grew thin and flat, paperlike. It was tired and threadbare, and in low moments it didn't look like it would last until I was grown up.

Everything begins only to end. The moment you were born you began to die. That's how it is with everything.

Consciousness is not about information but about its opposite: order.

Tor Nørretranders

What whispers so strange at the hour of midnight, From the aspen leaves trembling so wildly? Why in the lone wood sings it sad, when the bright Full moon beams upon it so mildly?

Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Look upon my web so fine, See how threads with threads entwine; If the evening wind alone Thus within the darkest place Breathe upon it, all is gone.

Adam Oehlenschläger