Quotes by Selma Lagerlöf
5 quotes by Selma Lagerlöf (died 1940), taken from 2 works. Each is given word for word, with its work, its passage and its source.
Works quoted: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and From a Swedish Homestead.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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“But the sun stood up there--orange-coloured and happy--and put courage into the whole world.”
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“There isn’t much that tastes better than to receive praise from those who are themselves wise and capable.”
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“But when people are old, and have become accustomed to being satisfied with little, then they are more happy over the Visby that exists, than over a magnificent Vineta at the bottom of the sea.”
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“In all the animals new emotions were awakened. Each and all felt courageous and strong; enlivened by returning powers; born again with the spring; sprightly, and ready for all kinds of adventures.”
From a Swedish Homestead
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“Has no one ever noticed that one never sees so much sunshine as during the morning service outside a small, whitewashed church? Nowhere else does one see such radiant streams of light, nowhere else is the air so devoutly quiet.”