Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) Icelandic author
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book One: The Revelation of the Deity
“The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.”
As quoted in Know Your Limits — Then Ignore Them (2000) by John Mason, p. 46
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