The Mist Quotes

“A good book could transport her far, far away, to a different world, another country, another culture, where the climate was warmer and life was easier.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist

“She was deaf to the sighing of the waves and blind to the stars and Northern Lights shimmering across the sky.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist

“To Erla, the radio was a lifeline, almost a condition for their continued existence out here. Despite being an avid reader, she couldn’t imagine enduring the cold, dark winter months without a radio. Her favourite programmes were plays and serials – anything, really, that would help take her mind off things. She usually served up lunch while listening to the last piece of music before the news, then they would sit down and eat during the midday bulletin, which didn’t allow for much conversation. Lunch varied little from day to day: rye bread, sour whey to drink, and heated-up leftovers from the night before”
― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist

“It was only when she sat reading a book by candlelight, immersed in an unfamiliar world, that the phantoms in her head lost all their power to frighten her.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist

“Last time they drove to the village together she had borrowed fifteen novels from the library, which was over the limit, of course, but she had a special arrangement, as was only natural in the circumstances. She was allowed to keep the books out on loan for longer than usual too, sometimes for as long as two or three months, when the weather was at its worst.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist

“Reading gave her greater pleasure than anything else she knew. A good book could transport her far, far away, to a different world, another country, another culture, where the climate was warmer and life was easier.”
― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist