This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from understanding what he saw. But what was of…

- Halldór Laxness

Human beings, in point of fact, are lonely by nature, and one should feel sorry for them and love them and mourn with them. It is certain that people…

- Halldór Laxness

One boy's footprints are not long in being lost in the snow, in the steadily falling snow of the shortest day, the longest night; they are lost as so…

- Halldór Laxness

My opinion has always been this, that you ought to never give up as long as you live, even though they have stolen everything from you. If nothing el…

- Halldór Laxness

For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him.

- Halldór Laxness

Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity.

- Halldór Laxness

What you have stolen can never be yours.

- Halldór Laxness

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 an…

- Halldór Laxness

Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.

- Halldór Laxness