'Are you sure,' she asked, 'that it is God whom you serve?'… - Karen Blixen

'Are you sure,' she asked, 'that it is God whom you serve?' The Cardinal looked up, met her eyes and smiled very gently. 'That,' he said, 'that, Madame, is a risk which the artists and the priests of this world have to run!'

Karen Blixen

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Karen von Blixen-Finecke (17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author; born Karen Christence Dinesen, she is also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen.

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Pen Names: Tania Blixen • Isak Dinesen • Pierre Andrézel • Osceola

Alternative Names: Karen von Blixen-Finecke

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When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.

Poi, prima di riprender sonno, mi chiedevo se, nei boschi, Lulu aveva mai sognato la sua campana.

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Of all the idiots I have met in my life, and the Lord knows they have not been few or little, I think that I have been the biggest.

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