Almost nothing need be said when you have eyes.

— Tarjei Vesaas

Bewilderment increases in the presence of the mirrors.

— Tarjei Vesaas

His face was neither handsome nor anything else. It just was.

— Tarjei Vesaas

The world was full of forces you couldn't fight against which suddenly loomed up and aimed a crushing blow at you.

— Tarjei Vesaas

What can you do when everyone around you is strong and clever?

— Tarjei Vesaas

What you want most you push away from you. You want more than you care to admit.

— Tarjei Vesaas