Arnaldur Quotes

#1. Erlender thought about Marion Briem and their shared story, which was now at an end. He felt a sense of loss and regret ... He thought about their relationship, the experiences they had shared,the story that was part of him, that he could not and would not have done without. It was him.

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#2. It only takes one cell to start cancer.

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#3. Life was a random mass of unforeseeable coincidences that governed men's fates like a storm that strikes without warning, causing injury and death.

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#4. The question, I've come to think, is not what inspires one to change, but what inspires one to remain changed.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#5. This clay, so strong of heart, of sense so fine,
Surely such clay is more than half divine
'Tis only fools speak evil of the clay,
The very stars are made of clay like mine.

Omar Khayyam

#6. He looked at the dirty hands and elongated face and it occurred to him that this was probably the closest he would ever come to meeting a ghost.

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#7. [he] was a quiet, self-effacing boy - like a shy guest at the party of his own life.

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#8. All I know is that loneliness is a slow and painful death.' Marion paused.

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#9. I never go to weddings. Waste of time. Person can get married a dozen times. Lots of folks do. Family like ours, know everybody in the state of Texas and around outside, why, you could spend your life going to weddings. But a funeral, that's different. You only die once.

Edna Ferber

#10. A crow starves sitting," she said eventually. "But finds flying," Erlendur completed the proverb.

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#11. Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of a probability at least, of their feeling a real interest in our affairs.

Alexander Hamilton

#12. What we preach in church. We believe in the resurrection on the Day of Judgement and in eternal life. The reunion of loved ones is the essence of the Easter message.

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#13. The greatest pain is to love, but love in vain,' Valgerdur quoted.

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#14. They say that orgasm is a kind of moment of death,' he added, looking down at the body.

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#15. The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.

Ivor Novello

#16. He impressed people. Unconsciously. Some people are like that. I'm not. There's something in those people that breaks down all the barriers, because they act completely the way they are, have nothing to hide, never shelter behind anything, are just themselves, straightforward.

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#17. Every season is a journey. Every journey is a lifetime.

Mike Krzyzewski

#18. He knew at once it was a human bone, when he took it from the baby who was sitting on the floor chewing it.

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#19. Women," Erlendur said as he stood up. "They're difficult to quality control.

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#20. It's socialism that makes it bearable for us to live under capitalism.

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#21. It always seems to be the bloody perverts who seem happiest of all. Smile at the world as if there's never anything gnawing away at their bloody consciences.

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#22. We'll see what comes out of the autopsy. Obviously there's no problem getting hold of a knife at this hotel, if it was someone from here who attacked him.

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