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> [When a man has a flower in his life he builds a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/when-a-man-has-a-flower-in-his-life-he-builds-a-house/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

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## More by Halldór Laxness

> [Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows live there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/where-the-glacier-meets-the-sky-the-land-ceases-to-be-earthly-and-the/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“A new generation forgets the specters that may have tormented the old… And yet, always, to all eternity, it is the same specter assailing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/a-new-generation-forgets-the-specters-that-may-have-tormented-the-old/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“People don't have the imagination to understand politicians. People are too innocent”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/people-don-t-have-the-imagination-to-understand-politicians-people/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“Can't we make a blusterer ourselves? asked Jón Hreggviðsson. Can't we scratch that damned sign with the ax-point onto the chopping block and get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/can-t-we-make-a-blusterer-ourselves-asked-j-n-hreggvi-sson-can-t-we/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“Somewhere, out in the infinite distance, lay the spring, at least in God's mind, like babies that are not yet conceived in the mother's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/somewhere-out-in-the-infinite-distance-lay-the-spring-at-least-in-god/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“Townsfolk have no conception of the peace that mother nature bestows, and as long as that peace is unfound the spirit must seek to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/townsfolk-have-no-conception-of-the-peace-that-mother-nature-bestows/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“Sin - sin is God’s most precious gift.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/sin-sin-is-god-s-most-precious-gift/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [A free man can live on fish.Independence is better than meat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/a-free-man-can-live-on-fish-independence-is-better-than-meat/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“He did not know what to say in the face of such sorrow. He sat in silence by his sister's side in the spring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/he-did-not-know-what-to-say-in-the-face-of-such-sorrow-he-sat-in/)

[Halldor Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“Man is more perfect than god. Although this woman's doctrine, in which she was brought up from childhood, told her than all men were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/man-is-more-perfect-than-god-although-this-woman-s-doctrine-in-which/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [When a man has a flower in his life he builds a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/when-a-man-has-a-flower-in-his-life-he-builds-a-house/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“Pastor Jón Prímus: Do you remember when Úa shook her curls? Do you remember when she looked at us and laughed? Did she not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/pastor-j-n-pr-mus-do-you-remember-when-a-shook-her-curls-do-you/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from understanding what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/this-was-the-first-time-that-he-has-ever-looked-into-the-labyrinth-of/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“...nothing is true that cannot be proven--and therefore, it's not true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/nothing-is-true-that-cannot-be-proven-and-therefore-it-s-not-true/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

> [“We Danes have always been charitable in our trading operations with Iceland. And when our deceased Highness monopolized trade with the island it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halld-r-laxness/we-danes-have-always-been-charitable-in-our-trading-operations-with/)

[Halldór Laxness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halld-r-laxness/)

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