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Halldor Laxness Quotes

Dust, who is not dust? I am dust. But I am your Member of Parliament, nevertheless Picture Quote #1

The most remarkable thing about man’s dreams is that they all come true; this has always been the case, though no one would care to admit it Picture Quote #1

Flowers are immortal. You cut them in autumn and they grow again in spring - somewhere Picture Quote #1

My mother once sent me out to buy pepper, and I have not returned home yet Picture Quote #1

The poet felt completely free now as he stood there on the deck in his collar and boots, sailing past new and ever newer districts; even if he did not own this land’s resources, he owned its beauty Picture Quote #1

Learn never to look forward to anything. It is the beginning of knowing how to endure everything Picture Quote #1

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Some voices never manage to break properly. But in all good men there lurks a true note, I won’t say like a mouse in a trap, but rather like a mouse between wall and wainscoting Picture Quote #1

I say, and have always said, and will always say: The fish that does not sing throughout the whole world is a dead fish Picture Quote #1

People have kept on asking me: did he sing well? I reply, the world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with Picture Quote #1

My children have never brought any shame upon their father. They have been independent children, my children Picture Quote #1

Since when has America with all its hordes of gangsters and beggars become God’s Kingdom? Picture Quote #1

Human beings are constantly inventing new ways of maltreating one other. C’est la vie Picture Quote #1

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The worth of any deed depends on how it is assessed by the onlookers... Once you have made yourself look ridiculous, you go on being ridiculous whatever you do, perhaps for the rest of your life Picture Quote #1

Good news travels slowly but arrives in the end, thank goodness. Bad news always arrives a day too soon Picture Quote #1

Oh, well, I’m leaving here now, he told her. They’re forcing me to sell up Picture Quote #1

It makes no difference where one sleeps in God’s City of Zion, the air is everywhere just as all - embracingly pleasing Picture Quote #1

In the end one is no longer sure which is the greatest evildoer, the man who gets up early or the man who goes to bed late Picture Quote #1

How wonderful it can be, and what nobility it proves in young men, when they pledge one another a friendship that can never be shadowed by selfishness, envy, or jealousy Picture Quote #1

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It’s a useful habit to never believe more than half of what people tell you, and not to concern yourself with the rest. Rather keep your mind free and your path your own Picture Quote #1

Oh no, better to be silent. That is what the glacier does. That is what the lilies of the field do Picture Quote #1

When I discovered that history is a fable, and a poor one at that, I started looking for a better fable, and found theology Picture Quote #1

It was not much fun being called a ghost for more than two hundred years, and each time a calf fell into a pool or a cow went dry or the roof fell in on people, it was always that damned ghost Picture Quote #1

Never do hymns seem so long as in the days of childhood, never is their world and their language so alien to the soul. In old age the opposite is true, the hours are then too short for the hymns Picture Quote #1

One asks and asks and always the answers become more incomprehensible than the question. In the end one becomes an idiot Picture Quote #1

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Because there are indeed women in Iceland, it will now be proven to you, you ugly wench, that there are also men in Iceland! Picture Quote #1

I didn’t expect you to have learnt to smile yet. When one is born, one only knows how to cry. It’s only very gradually that one learns to smile Picture Quote #1

Hauling fish from the sea - what endless toil. One could almost say, what an eternal problem Picture Quote #1

Work on the one side, the home on the other - they were two walls in the one prison Picture Quote #1

It’s you who are strange. Talking to you is like talking to someone who has no shadow Picture Quote #1

There’s no creature on Earth so despicable and loathsome as a rich man with a conscience Picture Quote #1

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Dust, who is not dust? I am dust. But I am your Member of Parliament, nevertheless (Halldor Laxness Quotes) The most remarkable thing about man’s dreams is that they all come true; this has always been the case, though no one would care to admit it (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Flowers are immortal. You cut them in autumn and they grow again in spring - somewhere (Halldor Laxness Quotes) My mother once sent me out to buy pepper, and I have not returned home yet (Halldor Laxness Quotes) The poet felt completely free now as he stood there on the deck in his collar and boots, sailing past new and ever newer districts; even if he did not own this land’s resources, he owned its beauty (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Learn never to look forward to anything. It is the beginning of knowing how to endure everything (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Some voices never manage to break properly. But in all good men there lurks a true note, I won’t say like a mouse in a trap, but rather like a mouse between wall and wainscoting (Halldor Laxness Quotes) I say, and have always said, and will always say: The fish that does not sing throughout the whole world is a dead fish (Halldor Laxness Quotes) People have kept on asking me: did he sing well? I reply, the world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with (Halldor Laxness Quotes) My children have never brought any shame upon their father. They have been independent children, my children (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Since when has America with all its hordes of gangsters and beggars become God’s Kingdom? (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Human beings are constantly inventing new ways of maltreating one other. C’est la vie (Halldor Laxness Quotes) The worth of any deed depends on how it is assessed by the onlookers... Once you have made yourself look ridiculous, you go on being ridiculous whatever you do, perhaps for the rest of your life (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Good news travels slowly but arrives in the end, thank goodness. Bad news always arrives a day too soon (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Oh, well, I’m leaving here now, he told her. They’re forcing me to sell up (Halldor Laxness Quotes) It makes no difference where one sleeps in God’s City of Zion, the air is everywhere just as all - embracingly pleasing (Halldor Laxness Quotes) In the end one is no longer sure which is the greatest evildoer, the man who gets up early or the man who goes to bed late (Halldor Laxness Quotes) How wonderful it can be, and what nobility it proves in young men, when they pledge one another a friendship that can never be shadowed by selfishness, envy, or jealousy (Halldor Laxness Quotes) It’s a useful habit to never believe more than half of what people tell you, and not to concern yourself with the rest. Rather keep your mind free and your path your own (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Oh no, better to be silent. That is what the glacier does. That is what the lilies of the field do (Halldor Laxness Quotes) When I discovered that history is a fable, and a poor one at that, I started looking for a better fable, and found theology (Halldor Laxness Quotes) It was not much fun being called a ghost for more than two hundred years, and each time a calf fell into a pool or a cow went dry or the roof fell in on people, it was always that damned ghost (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Never do hymns seem so long as in the days of childhood, never is their world and their language so alien to the soul. In old age the opposite is true, the hours are then too short for the hymns (Halldor Laxness Quotes) One asks and asks and always the answers become more incomprehensible than the question. In the end one becomes an idiot (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Because there are indeed women in Iceland, it will now be proven to you, you ugly wench, that there are also men in Iceland! (Halldor Laxness Quotes) I didn’t expect you to have learnt to smile yet. When one is born, one only knows how to cry. It’s only very gradually that one learns to smile (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Hauling fish from the sea - what endless toil. One could almost say, what an eternal problem (Halldor Laxness Quotes) Work on the one side, the home on the other - they were two walls in the one prison (Halldor Laxness Quotes) It’s you who are strange. Talking to you is like talking to someone who has no shadow (Halldor Laxness Quotes) There’s no creature on Earth so despicable and loathsome as a rich man with a conscience (Halldor Laxness Quotes)

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