A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose… — Halldór Laxness Children Copy Share Image
“One can be one's own ghost and roam about in various places, sometimes many places simultaneously. Perhaps I didn't approach it quite… — Halldor Laxness Copy Share Image
“Tumi Jónsen has now started to tell the Icelandic sagas in a style that consists principally of casting doubt on the story… — Halldór Laxness Poetry Copy Share Image
He continued on, on to the glacier, towards the dawn, from ridge to ridge, in deep, new-fallen snow, paying no heed to… — Halldór Laxness Children Copy Share Image
Human beings, in point of fact, are lonely by nature, and one should feel sorry for them and love them and mourn… — Halldór Laxness And love Copy Share Image
“All great wealth was inconsistent with common sense. (from 'The Fish can Sing” — Halldór Laxness Money Copy Share Image
For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him. — Halldór Laxness And love Copy Share Image
“And when the spring breezes blow up the valley; when the spring sun shines on last year's withered grass on the river… — Halldor Laxness Spring Copy Share Image
“Because no one of us lives for himself and no one dies for himself. For if we live, then we live for… — Halldór Laxness Live or die Copy Share Image
“But perhaps no distance is greater than that which separates a poor family in the same country” — Halldór Laxness Family Copy Share Image
“It is often said of people with second sight that their soul leaves the body. That doesn't happen to the glacier. But… — Halldór Laxness Next time Copy Share Image
