“Slowly, slowly winter day opens his arctic eye.”
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) Icelandic author
Sjálfstætt fólk (Independent People) (1935), Book One, Part II: Free of Debt
“The winter passed as slowly and peacefully as a boa constrictor digesting a valium addict.”
Skinny Legs and All (1990)
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