What you have stolen can never be yours.
Halldór Laxness Quotes
Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity.
Similar Quotes
The truths that matter most to us come always half spoken.
- Baltasar GraciánCunning grows in deceit at seeing itself discovered, and tries to deceive with truth itsel
- Baltasar GraciánThe best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.
- Ernest HemingwayThe first casualty when war comes is truth.
- Hiram JohnsonThe pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
- Oscar WildeComments on: "Halldór Laxness Quotes: Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant..."
| Birth: | 23rd April, 1902 |
| Death: | 8th February, 1998 |
| Nationality: | Icelander |
| Profession: | Writer |
About
Halldór Kiljan Laxness was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was an Icelandic writer. He wrote poetry, newspaper articles, plays, travelogues, short stories, and novels. Major influences included August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht and Ernest Hemingway. In 1955 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature and is the only Icelandic Nobel laureate. He wrote several novels include: Child of Nature, Under the Holy Mountain, The Great Weaver from Kashmir, Independent People, The Light of the World, Iceland's Bell, The Atom Station, The Fish Can Sing, The Happy Warriors, Paradise Reclaimed, and Under the Glacier.
Share with your friends