Eyvind Johnson quotes

Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer, regarded as one of the great literary figures of the 20th century. His works often explored themes of history, social change, and individual freedom. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his innovative narrative style and profound humanism. Here are 7 of his quotes:

A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so.

Eyvind Johnson

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.

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Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable world for everyone.

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From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning.

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In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.

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One should think that you're someone living in the future and that you have to judge-approve or disapprove-the I that acts today, the I that keeps up or fails.

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