Quotes from book
Kristnihald undir Jökli (bók)


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“b>The first thing is to have the will; the rest is technique.</b”

Kristnihald undir Jökli (Under the Glacier/Christianity at Glacier) (1968)

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Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo

“Human beings are constantly inventing new ways of maltreating one other. C'est la vie.
- Úa”

Kristnihald undir Jökli (Under the Glacier/Christianity at Glacier) (1968)

Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo

“It's an old saying that one still has to know something, despite everything.”

Kristnihald undir Jökli (Under the Glacier/Christianity at Glacier) (1968)

Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo

“It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading.”

Pastor Jón Prímus
Kristnihald undir Jökli (Under the Glacier/Christianity at Glacier) (1968)

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“No one is so busy that he hasn't the time to dismantle a work of art.”

Pastor Jón Prímus
Kristnihald undir Jökli (Under the Glacier/Christianity at Glacier) (1968)

Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo

“Oh no, better to be silent. That is what the glacier does. That is what the lilies of the field do.”

Kristnihald undir Jökli (Under the Glacier/Christianity at Glacier) (1968)

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“When I discovered that history is a fable, and a poor one at that, I started looking for a better fable, and found theology.”

Pastor Jón Prímus
Kristnihald undir Jökli (Under the Glacier/Christianity at Glacier) (1968)

Halldór Laxness photo
Halldór Laxness photo

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