Yes, it is a painful lot to be a poet and to love both God and man by the farthest northern seas!
Quotes from Heimsljós (World Light) — Halldór Laxness
1902–1998 Iceland
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Although grace comes from above, that is not to say that everyone has the ability to accept to it.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Everyone always believes everything nasty of everyone else, and especially if it's a lie.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
You can take everything from me except the freedom to look up at the sky occasionally.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
In the afterlife, people never forget to feed the dog.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
There's no creature on earth so despicable and loathsome as a rich man with a conscience.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
You have fettered yourself of your own free will, man—break the fetters!
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
You should deny facts if they're inconvenient.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
The Icelanders never got anything in exchange from the Danes except hunger.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Over us human beings there hangs an awful sword of justice.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
It's you who are strange. Talking to you is like talking to someone who has no shadow.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
"Really," said the poet, without enthusiasm.
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Halldór Laxness (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.