"I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and happy to be unseen by all. I put my legs up on the bench and leaned back, the best way to feel the true well-being of seclusion. There wasn't a cloud in my mind, nor did I feel any discomfort, and I hadn't a single unfulfilled desire or craving as far as my thought could reach. I lay with open eyes in a state of utter absence from myself and felt deliciously out of it." - Hamsun
"I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and happy to be unseen by al...
August Strindberg was a 19th century Swedish playwright who wrote semi-autobiographical works, including classics like "The Red Room," which was widely considered Sweden's first modern novel.
August Strindberg was a 19th century Swedish playwright who wrote semi-autobiographical works, including classics like "The Red Room," which was widel...
