Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.
More Quotes from Isak Dinesen:
In the Ngong Forest I have also seen, on a narrow path through thick growth, in the middle of a very hot day, the Giant Forest Hog, a rare person to meet.Isak Dinesen
I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.
Isak Dinesen
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.
Isak Dinesen
Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.
Isak Dinesen
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.
Isak Dinesen
The lime trees were in bloom. But in the early morning only a faint fragrance drifted through the garden, an airy message, an aromatic echo of the dreams during the short summer night.
Isak Dinesen
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Business & Commerce Quotes, Individuality Quotes, Life Quotes, Love Quotes, People Quotes, Wine QuotesBased on Keywords: heartless
I'd like to get out of here without having to talk to the producer.
Judith Rossner
In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.
Vinoba Bhave
I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.
Daniel J. Bernstein