Halldór Laxness Quote

Tonight when I listen to our voices in this strange calm which is touched with the presence of death, even though the breeze is rustling so innocently at the door and the roof, I feel as if we were two gods on the clouds of heaven, with mankind dying between us.


Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)


Tonight when I listen to our voices in this strange calm which is touched with the presence of death, even though the breeze is rustling so...

Tonight when I listen to our voices in this strange calm which is touched with the presence of death, even though the breeze is rustling so...

Tonight when I listen to our voices in this strange calm which is touched with the presence of death, even though the breeze is rustling so...

Tonight when I listen to our voices in this strange calm which is touched with the presence of death, even though the breeze is rustling so...