Cold as Hell Quotes

“to see a little brightness as a funeral came to an end, when the flag was raised again and the soul had flown away to heaven, overjoyed at being freed from Earth’s gravity.”
― Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Cold as Hell

“This had to be something that came with age, a kind of resilience, and a certainty that the passage of life and death would not be controlled.”
― Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Cold as Hell

“At that moment Grímur decided that sixteen years would not be sufficient. Sixteen years and out in ten was not a high enough price to pay for all those black eyes, for the wails and the tears and the desperation that seeped down to him through the floor. It wasn’t enough for beating her to death, crushing the battered body into a suitcase and dumping it like garbage out in the lava field.”
― Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Cold as Hell

“You’ll feel better when you realise that, in reality, the fundamentals of existence are totally incomprehensible and chaotic, completely crazy,’ Lady said. ‘And nothing fun or beautiful comes of anything that can be organised.”
― Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Cold as Hell

“Well, I have many different selves, darling. Just the same as you do. Just like everyone else. Most people only let one of these show.”
― Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Cold as Hell