Halldór Laxness Quote

A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose its father. And though I would never subscribe to such a statement wholeheartedly, I would be the last person to reject it out of hand. For my own part, I would express such a doctrine without any suggestion of bitterness against the world, or rather without the hurt which the mere sound of the words implies.


Brekkukotsannáll (The Fish Can Sing) (1957)


A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose its father. And though I would never...

A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose its father. And though I would never...

A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose its father. And though I would never...

A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than to lose its father. And though I would never...