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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
When God's moving his hands through your life, you had better sit up and take notice
How short is human life! the very breath Which frames my words accelerates my death.
In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear?
I see all. I hear all. I know all. And I spend a great deal of time in the bathroom.
They change scapegoats at the networks more regularly than some people change socks.
You really can’t write unless you read. You have to know what the game is all about.
What better way to prove that you understand a subject than to make money out of it?
Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.
Thinking about spaghetti that boils eternally but is never done is a sad, sad thing.
Judging the mistakes of strangers is an easy thing to do - and it feels pretty good.
The honour of physical decline is waiting, and you have to get used to that reality.
If you want to talk about something new, you have to make up a new kind of language.
In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.
Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people.
Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore.
Henry shrugged. "I've kissed plenty of girls." "I'm not talking about your mom,dork.
I drive well! Says who your mom? No actually, she won't even get in the car with me.
I think I'm just more adaptable now, so danger, overall, seems less dangerous to me.
Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.
The man is a common murderer. A common murderer, possible, but a very uncommon cook.
Precious and priceless, so lovable, too; The world's sweetest miracle, baby, is you.
Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.
In the long run an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons.
I recall my fleeting instants in Savannah as the taste of a cup charged to the brim.
Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
Sex is one of the nine reasons for reincarnation... The other eight are unimportant.
The smile was so painfully swift and fleeting that it was like the flash of a knife.
I am very happy in second-hand bookshops; would a gardener not be happy in a garden?
Ivan Turgenev's novella 'First Love' is one of the most perfect things ever written.
We got rid of Muammar Gaddafi. I never thought I would be able to write these words.
My work is my shelter, particularly in these moments when things are happening fast.
He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
Because I am about to be devoured by poodles," I quip. "Remember me always, my love.
A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.
How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
Advertising in the past has been predicated on a mass market and a captive audience.
An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.
Now that I know that I am no wiser than anyone else, does this wisdom make me wiser?
Precious beyond price are good resolutions. Valuable beyond price are good feelings.
A brave nation fights only because it must; a cowardly nation fights because it can.
I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
The most perfect guide is nature. Continue without fail to draw something every day.
Once you've arrived at the end of the world, it hardly matters which route you took.
I can’t seem to make myself care about anything to the right or left of the present.
To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
Nobody who's really using his ego, his real ego, has any time for any goddam hobbies
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.