It goes without saying that if there were anything happening in the room you never heard the clock at all, no more than if it did not exist; but when all was quiet and the visitors had gone and the table had been cleared and the door shut, then it would start up again, as steady as ever; and if you listened hard enough you could sometimes make out a singing note in its workings, or something very like an echo.


Brekkukotsannáll (The Fish Can Sing) (1957)

Halldór Laxness Quotes

It goes without saying that if there were anything happening in the room you never heard the clock at all, no more than if it did not exist; but when ...

It goes without saying that if there were anything happening in the room you never heard the clock at all, no more than if it did not exist; but when ...

It goes without saying that if there were anything happening in the room you never heard the clock at all, no more than if it did not exist; but when ...

It goes without saying that if there were anything happening in the room you never heard the clock at all, no more than if it did not exist; but when ...