Author: Karl Ove Knausgard

Quotes

Form is, in a way, death. A novelist's obligation is to break free from the form, even though he knows that this will also be seen as artificial and distanced from life.

Form is, in a way, death. A novelist's obligation is to break free from the form, even though he knows that this will also be seen as artificial and distanced from life.

- Karl Ove Knausgard

I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not taking up so much space.

I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not taking up so much space.

- Karl Ove Knausgard

Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not.

Life develops, changes, is in motion. The forms of literature are not.

- Karl Ove Knausgard

I do feel guilty. I do. Especially about my family, my children. I write about them, and I know that this will haunt them as well through their lives. Why did I do that to them?

I do feel guilty. I do. Especially about my family, my children. I write about them, and I know that this will haunt them as well through their lives. Why did I do that to them?

- Karl Ove Knausgard

The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.

The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.

- Karl Ove Knausgard

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