Through Naked Branches Quotes

“I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that "obscure words come from obscure thoughts.”
― Tarjei Vesaas, Through Naked Branches

“You no longer know,
amid all this,
if what hurt
still matters—

— Tarjei Vesaas, from “Between Blue Shadows,” Through Naked Branches: Selected Poems of Tarjei Vesaas (Black Widow Press, 2018;first published 2000)”
― Tarjei Vesaas, Through Naked Branches