Thereafter, when he himself was dead, he imagined that his poems would be published in some mysterious way, and the nation would read them for comfort in adversity, as it had read the poems of other poets before him; it was his highest wish that his poems could help those as unfortunate as himself to have patience to endure.


Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)

Halldór Laxness Quotes

Thereafter, when he himself was dead, he imagined that his poems would be published in some mysterious way, and the nation would read them for...

Thereafter, when he himself was dead, he imagined that his poems would be published in some mysterious way, and the nation would read them for...

Thereafter, when he himself was dead, he imagined that his poems would be published in some mysterious way, and the nation would read them for...

Thereafter, when he himself was dead, he imagined that his poems would be published in some mysterious way, and the nation would read them for...