Moonstone Quotes

“An ominous hush lies over the busiest, most bustling part of town. No hoofbeats, no rattling of cart wheels or rumble of automobiles, no roar of motorcycles or ringing of bicycle bells. No rasp of sawing from the carpenters’ workshops, or clanging from the forges, or slamming of warehouse doors. No gossiping voices of washerwomen on their way to the hot springs, no shouts of dockworkers unloading the ships, or cries of newspaper hawkers on the main street. No smell of fresh bread from the bakeries, or waft of roasting meat from the restaurants.”
― Sjón, Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was

“Film is thus immoral by its very nature, transforming the actor into a fetish and fostering perversion in the viewer, who allows himself to be seduced like a moth to the flame. The difference lies in that the cinema audience’s appointment is with the cold flicker of the flame rather than the searing fire itself. The moth burns up, but the viewer can, without fear, surrender to his escalating desire and seek out the experience over and over again, as is, alas, far too often the case. —Dr. G. Árnason, excerpt from “Cinema and Mental Disorders,” The Nation 23 (1916)”
― Sjón, Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was

“The October evening is windless and cool.”
― Sjón, Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was

“Mutta jos ihmiset oppisivat ymmärtämään paremmin, että heillä on velvollisuuksia muitakin kuin itseään kohtaan, niin kuoleman valinta, joka tuntuu meistä niin epäoikeudenmukaiselta ja julmalta, ei olisi niin vaikeatajuinen. Jos rakkaus olisi suurempi ja voimakkaampi, uusi tuki ja uusi ystävä tulisi jokaisen menetetyn tilalle.”
― Sjón, Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was