Literarischer #8Februar

„Was die Menschen trennt, ist gering, gemessen an dem, was sie einen könnte.“

#HalldórLaxness Tod 1998

"For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him."

✒ #HalldórLaxness, Icelandic writer and Nobel Laureate (1955), #DOTD 8 February 1998. #Literature

Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature, Halldór Laxness wrote, "The world is a song, but we do not know whether it is a good song because we have nothing to compare it with." #HalldórLaxness

Let's read the Bible together in the next year. Today our passages are Judges 1:1–2:9; Luke 21:29–22:13; Psalm 90:1–91:1; and Proverbs 13:24-25. #Psalms #BibleinaYear #HalldórLaxness #ContemporaryEnglishVersion #Luke #Judges #Proverbs #BibleReadings

"It's a useful habit to never believe more than half of what people tell you, and not to concern yourself with the rest. Rather keep your mind free and your path your own."

✒️ #HalldórLaxness, Icelandic author and poet (Nobel Prize in #Literature 1955), was #BOTD 23 April 1902.

Home of Halldór Laxness, Nobel-winning author (and one of my favorites), in the Icelandic countryside. #iceland #halldorlaxness #halldórlaxness #literature #independentpeople #gljúfrasteinn

Halldór Laxness: Sjálfstætt fólk
#SjálfstættFólk #HalldorLaxness #IcelandicLiterature #FreebornPeople #SelbstständigeLeute #SelvstendigeFolk

Halldór Laxnes, Iceland’s 1955 Nobel Literature Prize winner died on February 8, 1998.

"… never to forget those who were slighted or neglected or who had suffered injustice, because it was they who, above all others, deserved our love and respect"

#Nobel #Stamps #Iceland #halldorlaxness

Literarischer #8Februar

„Wer immer nur nach dem Zweck der Dinge fragt, wird ihre Schönheit nie entdecken.“

#HalldórLaxness Tod 1998

"For man is essentially alone, and one should pity him and love him and grieve with him."

✒ #HalldórLaxness, Icelandic writer and Nobel Laureate (1955), #DOTD 8 February 1998. #Literature

Certainly unique - but then so too is Iceland 6/10 #HalldorLaxness #UndertheGlacier

Literarischer #8Februar

„Die Gegenwart ist das erregendste aller Abenteuer.“

#HalldórLaxness Tod 1998