House of Evidence Quotes

“A wise man once said that if a book was not worth reading twice it was not worth reading once.”
― Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, House of Evidence

“A woman who might have been a good mother and a good grandmother, had not a quirk of nature put her in the wrong body many years ago....

What an ordeal, to have to conduct one's life in such deception, just to be able to live in peace with someone you love. Perhaps things will change on day, and people will be able to live the way they were created.”
― Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, House of Evidence

“He leaned his head on her chest and cried like a child. She hugged him and thought about this man, this human being—this woman, because she now felt in her heart that the person she held in her arms was an old, tired, grief-stricken woman. A woman who might have become a good mother and a good grandmother, had not a quirk of nature put her into the wrong body many, many years ago.”
― Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, House of Evidence

“March 17, 1916. When I travel by rail between assignments, I usually go in the rearmost car; here it is called “caboose,” a word with maritime origins, meaning originally a ship’s galley. The caboose car is red in color and is where the conductor sits, also where he keeps his tools, lanterns, and flares. He can observe the whole train from a small tower that sticks up from the roof of the car. I chat with the conductor”
― Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, House of Evidence

“Having a good employer and the ability to walk to work was life’s greatest happiness.”
― Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, House of Evidence