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"Embi: And you're supposed to be so good at mending primuses, pastor Jon!
Pastor Jon: And correspondingly bad at Baroque art.
Embi: How do you know there are 133 pieces? Who has had time to dismantle this work of art so carefully? Or to count the bits?
Pastor Jon: No one is so busy that he hasn't the time to dismantle a work of art. Then scholars wake up and count the pieces. "
— Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Under the Glacier)
Pastor Jon: And correspondingly bad at Baroque art.
Embi: How do you know there are 133 pieces? Who has had time to dismantle this work of art so carefully? Or to count the bits?
Pastor Jon: No one is so busy that he hasn't the time to dismantle a work of art. Then scholars wake up and count the pieces. "
— Halldór Kiljan Laxness (Under the Glacier)
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