Halldór Laxness Quote

Once upon a time these two men had been in the same situation; now the difference between them was like the difference between a wish and its fulfillment. The one was what the other had dreamed of, and therefore they did not know one another anymore. He who has wishes yearns for a friend; but when the wishes have been fulfilled, the friends are the first thing we forget.


Heimsljós (World Light) (1940)


Once upon a time these two men had been in the same situation; now the difference between them was like the difference between a wish and its...

Once upon a time these two men had been in the same situation; now the difference between them was like the difference between a wish and its...

Once upon a time these two men had been in the same situation; now the difference between them was like the difference between a wish and its...

Once upon a time these two men had been in the same situation; now the difference between them was like the difference between a wish and its...