No one is so busy that he hasn't the time to dismantle a work of art. — Halldór Laxness Art Copy Share Image
You have fettered yourself of your own free will, man - break the fetters! — Halldór Laxness Break Copy Share Image
“a land even more remote, America, which is farther than death.” — Halldór Laxness America Copy Share Image
“...nothing is true that cannot be proven--and therefore, it's not true.” — Halldór Laxness Proof Copy Share Image
“That blasted family could never look at a living thing without wanting to make a profit out of it, preferably by killing… — Halldór Laxness Capitalism Copy Share Image
Icelanders are grateful to meet foreigners who have heard of their country. And even more grateful to hear someone say it deserves… — Halldór Laxness Country Copy Share Image
“The life of man is so short that ordinary people simply cannot afford to be born” — Halldór Laxness Cost of living Copy Share Image
“The light of the world had more or less taken leave of this man, for he was almost blind. (from 'The Fish… — Halldór Laxness Blind Copy Share Image
Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity. — Halldór Laxness Facts Copy Share Image
“So I see no reason why, just because a couple of womenfolk have kicked the bucket, people should start writing religion about… — Halldór Laxness Religion Copy Share Image
“People don't have the imagination to understand politicians. People are too innocent” — Halldór Laxness Politicians 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 Heart Copy Share Image
The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little by little;… — Halldór Laxness Children Copy Share Image
“The difference between a novelist and a historian is this: that the former tells lies deliberately and for the fun of it;… — Halldor Laxness Historian Copy Share Image
“When I was a child I was told that whoever swallowed a hock-bone would one day own land," she said. "Have you… — Halldór Laxness Children 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
“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
“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 Conceived Copy Share Image
“Quite so. On the other hand, I am like that horse that was dumbfounded for twenty-four hours. For a long time I… — Halldor Laxness Dumbfounded Copy Share Image
“Now pastor Jón Prímus laughed. Philosophy and theology have no effect on him, much less plain common sense. Impossible to convince this… — Halldór Laxness Humor 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
“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
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
“In his contradictions he was as much an enigma as the country itself: a religious devotee out of spite at the soullessness… — Halldór Laxness Contradictions 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
“But he could not help it. No one can help it. One is a realist. One has put up with it all… — Halldor Laxness Children 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
“Pastor Jón Prímus: Do you remember when Úa shook her curls? Do you remember when she looked at us and laughed? Did… — Halldór Laxness Creation Did Copy Share Image
“And Ásta Sóllilja, it was she who swept on wings of poetry into those spheres which she had sensed as if in… — Halldór Laxness First time 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
“The undersigned pointed out that nothing was required of a pastor except that he intimate in church at the dead man's bier… — Halldór Laxness Dead man 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
“The story of how He created the world aroused their interests immediately, even though they received no answer to the question of… — Halldór Laxness Apples Copy Share Image
“The distinctive features of the world's civilisations are not simply and solely the giraffe and the city of Rome, as the children… — Halldór Laxness Civilisations Copy Share Image
“Dr. Syngmann: I am talking about the only quality that was worth creating the world for, the only power that is worth… — Halldór Laxness Long time Copy Share Image
“Pastor Jón: The Úa who came is not the one who went away. Because in the first place Úa cannot go away,… — Halldór Laxness First place Copy Share Image
