Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrows… — Halldór Laxness Beauty Copy Share Image
“A new generation forgets the specters that may have tormented the old… And yet, always, to all eternity, it is the same… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“People don't have the imagination to understand politicians. People are too innocent” — Halldór Laxness Politicians Copy Share Image
“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… — Halldór Laxness Animal kingdom Copy Share Image
“Somewhere, out in the infinite distance, lay the spring, at least in God's mind, like babies that are not yet conceived in… — Halldór Laxness Parenting Copy Share Image
“Townsfolk have no conception of the peace that mother nature bestows, and as long as that peace is unfound the spirit must… — Halldór Laxness Country life Copy Share Image
A free man can live on fish.Independence is better than meat — Halldór Laxness Fishes Copy Share Image
“He did not know what to say in the face of such sorrow. He sat in silence by his sister's side in… — Halldor Laxness First time Copy Share Image
“Man is more perfect than god. Although this woman's doctrine, in which she was brought up from childhood, told her than all… — Halldór Laxness Children Copy Share Image
“Pastor Jón Prímus: Do you remember when Úa shook her curls? Do you remember when she looked at us and laughed? Did… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from… — Halldór Laxness Beautiful Copy Share Image
“...nothing is true that cannot be proven--and therefore, it's not true.” — Halldór Laxness Proof Copy Share Image
“We Danes have always been charitable in our trading operations with Iceland. And when our deceased Highness monopolized trade with the island… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“In his contradictions he was as much an enigma as the country itself: a religious devotee out of spite at the soullessness… — Halldór Laxness Religion Copy Share Image
My opinion has always been this, that you ought to never give up as long as you live, even though they have… — Halldór Laxness Air Copy Share Image
“It was pretty miserable wretches that minded at all whether they were wet or dry. He could not understand why such people… — Halldór Laxness Dry Copy Share Image
“She herself had given up washing long ago, and besides, people no longer believed in stale urine, either for one purpose or… — Halldór Laxness Hygiene Copy Share Image
Bjartur declared that he had never denied that there was much that was strange in nature. "I consider that there's nothing wrong… — Halldór Laxness Accepting Copy Share Image
“Oh yes", said the old woman, "but I've heard these so-called stoves are by no means all they are supposed to be.… — Halldór Laxness Age Copy Share Image
“Pastor Jón: It is pleasant to listen to the birds chirping. But it would be anything but pleasant if the birds were… — Halldór Laxness Birds chirping Copy Share Image
“She was like defenceless Nature, that withers in the blast because it has shelter neither of God nor of men; human beings… — Halldór Laxness Nature Copy Share Image
“The most remarkable thing about a man's dreams is that they will all come true; this has always been the case, though… — Halldór Laxness Brother and sister Copy Share Image
“The poems which touched her heart most, suffusing her with exalted emotion, so that she felt she could gather everything to her,… — halldor laxness Dreams Copy Share Image
