3 Quotes & Sayings By Karin Boye

Karin Boye is a novelist, short story writer and poet. In addition to numerous short stories she has published five novels, three of which have been translated into German. She lives in Germany with her husband and two children.

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And is this not the very reason for the establishment of the State? If there were cause and reason for confidence among individuals, the State would never have come into existence. The sacred and essential foundation for the State is our mutual and well-founded suspicion of each other. Anyone questioning this foundation throws suspicion upon the State. Karin Boye
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The sated day is never first The best day is a day of thirst Yes, there is goal and meaning in our path -but it is the way that is the labour's worth. Karin Boye