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Stig Dagerman

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Also known as Stig Halvard Dagerman

Swedish writer (1923–1954)

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Type
Person
Country
SE
Active from
1923-10-05
Active to
1954-11-04

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18
Total plays
98

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Quotes

  • It may be true that death is a large empty hole and that sorrow is knowing just how deep the hole is, but it is only true when one is sober. If one has snaps one can fill up the hole with all the beautiful thoughts one can think of, and all the fine words one can hit on. One can fill it right up to the brink, and then put a stone there.He loved her because she loved him, and if one is loved, one loves in return, otherwise one is a fool. (p. 30)
  • I am still fairly convinced that as a theory it's true enough: to live, really only means to put off one's suicide from day to day. You have probably had some experience of this too; even if you are not able to put it into words, you must have been subconsciously aware of it. (p. 181)
  • Do you think I'm seventeen, he remembered she had said. Not very loudly, but she had said it, though she was not annoyed any more. It had sounded more as though she was sorry she was no longer seventeen. (p. 187)
  • They knew that if they let each other go they were lost, but if they went on holding each other they were also lost. (p. 188)
  • It made her pure, and those we love must be pure, otherwise we can't love them. But loving a person is also making her pure. (p. 189)
  • They talked quietly, lying on their backs and letting the words float up to the ceiling as though they were talking to themselves. By reason of their calmness they could tell each other everything without shame, without its sounding like a confession. Nor were they surprised at what they found out about each other. (p. 191)

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Stig Dagerman
date of birth
1923-10-05
date of death
1954-11-05
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