Author: Halldor Laxness

Quotes

From the very first, my countrymen have followed my literary career, now criticizing, now praising my work, but hardly ever letting a single word be buried in indifference.

From the very first, my countrymen have followed my literary career, now criticizing, now praising my work, but hardly ever letting a single word be buried in indifference.

- Halldor Laxness

The world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with.

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

I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.

I spent my entire childhood in an environment in which the mighty of the earth had no place outside story books and dreams.

- Halldor Laxness

Love of, and respect for, the humble routine of everyday life and its creatures was the only moral commandment which carried conviction when I was a child.

Love of, and respect for, the humble routine of everyday life and its creatures was the only moral commandment which carried conviction when I was a child.

- Halldor Laxness

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