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“Lying in bed would be an altogether supreme experience if one only had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.”
― Tremendous Trifles
― Tremendous Trifles
“Embi: And you're supposed to be so good at mending primuses, pastor Jón!
Pastor Jón: 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 Jón: 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. ”
― Under the Glacier
Pastor Jón: 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 Jón: 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. ”
― Under the Glacier
“I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.”
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“Nothing happened today. And if anything did, I’d rather not talk about it, because I didn’t understand it.”
― The Savage Detectives
― The Savage Detectives
“To destroy is easier than to create, and that is why so many people are ready to demonstrate against what they reject. But what would they say if one asked them what they wanted instead?”
― Love and Garbage
― Love and Garbage
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