Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Finnish author Aleksis Kivi.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Aleksis Kivi was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, Seitsemän veljestä in 1870. He is also known for his 1864 play Heath Cobblers. Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish, he is still considered one of the greatest.
A strong desire derives a person straight through the hardest rock.
To fall asleep in your embrace,Land of our dreams, what bliss,O you our cradle, you our grave,You the new hope we ever crave,Peninsula so beautiful,Finland for aye our all!
The fire of love is drawn from the sky rather than the human mind.
The love goes where it wants; you hear it rustling but you do not know where it's going and where it goes.