Blackout Quotes

“That damned volcano”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

“This is going to be a hell of a story!”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

“The aroma of cinnamon and chocolate from the bakery was a temptation, but that hardly constituted a healthy breakfast. He paused for a moment as the scent washed over him. The quality of Siglufjörður’s cinnamon buns, known as hnútar, left the Reykjavík version he was used to in the shade.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

“That first winter in the north had been hell and the weight of snow had been relentless and suffocating. But when the warm, bright days emerged from the frozen darkness, his spirits had lifted and he saw his new home with fresh eyes. And he now had a second winter behind him. Although he still found the isolation of the winter darkness oppressive, he was getting used to it, even enjoying the sight of a fresh fall of snow on the colourful buildings that hugged the coast, and the icy grandeur of the mountains that enveloped the village.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

“That first winter in the north had been hell and the weight of snow had been relentless and suffocating. But when the warm, bright days emerged from the frozen darkness, his spirits had lifted and he saw his new home with fresh eyes. And he now had a second winter behind him.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

“Evan Fein had long anticipated visiting this island at the edge of the habitable world. And now here this Ohio art history student was, on his first visit to Iceland. Nature had pooled its energies, as if to add to the woes of the financial crash, by presenting Icelanders with two volcanic eruptions, one right after the other.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

“Iceland is one of the safest places on earth, the travel guide had said.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

“You can’t pull up a tree when its roots have grown so deep.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout

“While he desperately wanted to hear her voice, even arrange to meet her, he dreaded the awkward moment when she would pick up the phone. The”
― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout