Halldor Laxness

I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.

It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.

Some things in literature are inexplicable.

I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

No nation which has kept the commandments of God has ever perished, but I say to you that once freedom is lost, only blood - human blood - will win it back.