Because there are indeed women in Iceland, it will now be proven to you, you ugly wench, that there are also men in Iceland!
Halldor Laxness
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I wonder what my grandfather Björn of Brekkukot really thought what Latin was? Did he think it was the magic Sesame which opened all cliffs in Iceland? If so, I am not at all sure that he was all that far from the truth. Where fish leaves off in Iceland, Latin takes over.
Halldor Laxness
Three things, according to poets, are considered bliss in Iceland: hot rye-cakes, plump girls, and cold buttermilk.
Halldor Laxness
Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable.
Harry Johnston
Now if I lived in my land, which I do, if I lived in Iceland, if I lived in Greensland I'd still have Chinese children, but out of my ears my little grey baby hears.
Devendra Banhart
I swear—swear—swear: by everything which is and has been sacred to this nation from the beginning: Iceland shall not be sold.
Halldor Laxness
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