Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny Quotes

“Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best. ”
― Isak Dinesen, Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny

“our longing is our pledge, and blessed are the homesick, for they shall come home.”
― Isak Dinesen, Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny

“Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude. Grace, brothers, makes no conditions and singles out none of us in particular; grace takes us all to its bosom and proclaims general amnesty. See! That which we have chosen is given us, and that which we have refused is, also and at the same time, granted us. Ay, that which we have rejected is poured upon us abundantly. For mercy and truth have met together, and righteousness and bliss have kissed one another!”
― Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny

“Much which is unworthy in human life might be avoided if people would only accustom themselves to talking in verse”
― Isak Dinesen, Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny

“Frightened by something in her own nature”
― Karen Blixen, Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny

“We tremble before making our choice in life, and after having made it again tremble in fear of having chosen wrong. But the moment comes when our eyes are opened, and we see and realize that grace is infinite. Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude. Grace, brothers, makes no conditions and singles out none of us in particular; grace takes us all to its bosom and proclaims general amnesty. See! that which we have chosen is given us, and that which we have refused is, also and at the same time, granted us. Ay, that which we have rejected is poured upon us abundantly. For mercy and truth have met together, and righteousness and bliss have kissed one another!”
― Karen Blixen, Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny

“May my food my body maintain,
may my body my soul sustain,
may my soul in deed and word
give thanks for all things to the Lord!”
― Karen Blixen, Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny