“If you are disappearing from yourself, but you're still writing, then there is a kind of activity of thinking going on, which in my world is similar to what's going on in music.” IfsThinkingWorldWritingKindStillsActivityDisappear Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“We live in the best of worlds. But still, it's like we've lost something on the way to here: a sense of life. I can't know for sure, I might be the only one who's lost it. Maybe everybody else is living the now, thinking they're having it well. Anyhow, that motivated me to write the books.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayWritingWellsStillsI CanBookMightLostMotivated Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning. Understanding the world requires you to take a certain distance from it.” WorldPainCertainUnderstandingPerspectiveIncreaseDistanceUnderstanding The World Author:Karl Ove Knausgard