"The tyranny of mankind; it was like the……" — Halldór Laxness
"The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little by little; and this drip continued, falling obstinately, falling without pause on the souls of the children."
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21 Quotes by Halldór Laxness
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Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.
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When a man has a flower in his life he builds a house.
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My motto is strong packaging, clear addressing.
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A free man can live on fish.Independence is better than meat
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Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens;…
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It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading.
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It's an old saying that one still has to know something, despite everything.
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Of all the creatures that man kills for his amusement there is only one that he kills out of hatred—other…
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Don't forget that few people are likely to tell more than a small part of the truth: no one tells…
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Bjartur declared that he had never denied that there was much that was strange in nature. "I consider that there's…
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He continued on, on to the glacier, towards the dawn, from ridge to ridge, in deep, new-fallen snow, paying no…
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