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 bookchildhooddream Change image and share on social
My thoughts fly to the old Icelandic storytellers who created our classics, whose personalities were so bound up with the masses that their names, unlike their lives' work, have not been preserved for posterity. Halldor Laxness bindclassiccreate share on social
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 carrychildcommandment Change image and share on social
Some things in literature are inexplicable. Halldor Laxness inexplicableliteraturething Change image and share on social
I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming. Halldor Laxness comefeelhappiness Change image and share on social
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 burycareercountryman Change image and share on social
It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent. Halldor Laxness facticelanderindolent Change image and share on social
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 comparegoodsong Change image and share on social
