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“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.”
― Isak Dinesen, Seven Gothic Tales

“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.”
― Isak Dinesen, Daguerreotypes and Other Essays

“Women, when they are old enough to have done with the business of being women, and can let loose their strength, must be the most powerful creatures in the whole world.”
― Isak Dinesen, Seven Gothic Tales

“All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.”
― Isak Dinesen