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“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
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“If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.”
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“- ¿Qué, se dio bien la noche? - preguntó la mujer. (...) - Tempranito - volvió a decir la mujer.
- ¿Eh?
- Y sereno.
- Eso es lo que hay.
- ¿Cayó algo?
- Relente.”
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- ¿Eh?
- Y sereno.
- Eso es lo que hay.
- ¿Cayó algo?
- Relente.”
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“Like all great rationalists you believed in things that were twice as incredible as theology.”
― Under the Glacier
― Under the Glacier
“He continued on, on to the glacier, towards the dawn, from ridge to ridge, in deep, new-fallen snow, paying no heed to the storms that might pursue him. As a child he had stood by the seashore at Ljósavík and watched the waves soughing in and out, but now he was heading away from the sea. "Think of me when you are in glorious sunshine." Soon the sun of the day of resurrection will shine on the bright paths where she awaits her poet.
And beauty shall reign alone.”
― World Light
And beauty shall reign alone.”
― World Light
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