Quotes by : Halldór Laxness

Remember that every day you quicken into motion waves that undulate on to the very confines of existence;....

...freedom is of more account than the height of a roof beam. I ought to know; mine cost me eighteen....

Eins var algengt hjá okkur ef spurt var um líðan einhvers manns: iss hann er feitur; en það þýddi....

The life of man is so short that ordinary people simply cannot afford to be born

Human beings, in point of fact, are lonely by nature, and one should feel sorry for them and love them....

That blasted family could never look at a living thing without wanting to make a profit out of it, preferably....

Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told....

I know perfectly well that it is impossible, according to arithmetic and scholarly books, to live in....

Immoral women do not exist", said the organist. "That this only a superstition. On the other hand there....

For once the crofter was at a a rather loss for words, for to him nothing has ever been more completely....