Karen Blixen quotes

Karen Blixen, also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen, was a Danish author known for her classic memoir "Out of Africa." Born in 1885, Blixen led a fascinating life filled with adventure and tragedy. Her vivid storytelling and vivid descriptions of Africa have captivated readers around the world. Learn more about this prolific writer and her impact on literature by diving into the works of Karen Blixen. Discover the magic of her words and the legacy she left behind.

Truth, like time, is an idea arising from, and dependent upon, human intercourse.

- Karen Blixen

The cure for anything is salt water: tears, sweat or the sea.

- Karen Blixen

For really, dreaming is the well-mannered people's way of committing suicide.

- Karen Blixen

No domestic animal can be as still as a wild animal. The civilized people have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in silence from the wild before they are accepted by it.

- Karen Blixen

Natives dislike speed, as we dislike noise, it is to them, at the best, hard to bear. They are also on friendly terms with time, and the plan of beguiling or killing it does not come into their heads. In fact the more time you can give them, the happier they are, and if you commission a Kikuyu to hold your horse while you make a visit, you can see by his face that he hopes you will be a long, long time about it. He does not try to pass the time then, but sits down and lives.

- Karen Blixen

If a man can devote himself undisturbed to the work which is on his mind, he can, as far I have observed, completely ignore his surroundings--they disappear for him; he can sit in filth and disorder, draught and cold, and be completely happy. For most women it is insufferable to sit in a room if the color scheme displeases them.

- Karen Blixen