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)

Halldór Laxness Quotes

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...