Arnauld Indridason Quotes

He went into the kitchen. It was eight in the evening. He tried to shut the bright spring evening out with the curtains, but it forced its way past them in places, dust-filled sunbeams that lit up the gloom in his flat. Spring and summer were not Erlendur's seasons. Too bright. Too frivolous. He wanted heavy, dark winters. Finding nothing edible in the kitchen, he sat down at the table with his chin resting in his hand. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

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. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

Yield all and trust all. ~ Marie Angelique Arnauld

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. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

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. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

All I know is that loneliness is a slow and painful death.' Marion paused. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

Patches are a nun's jewels. ~ Marie Angelique Arnauld

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. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

Madame Arnauld made a little face. 'I did not think they were so aristocratic,' she said, 'even if they come from Boston, which is supposed to be the most refined place in America. ~ Edward Fenton

Thus Pyrrhonism is not a sect of people who are persuaded of what they say, but it is a sect of liars. ~ Antoine Arnauld

It was not like the old days and they both knew it. They were weighed down by the awareness of their failed relationship, of the wasted years, of the feelings that were no more, of the shared life that had unravelled. They were like weary receivers winding up a bankruptcy; all that remained was to tie up the loose ends and settle the final claims. (Black Skies) ~ Arnaldur Indridason

Common sense is not really so common.
The Art of Thinking: Port-Royal Logic ~ Antoine Arnauld

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

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. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

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

It's socialism that makes it bearable for us to live under capitalism. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

The greatest pain is to love, but love in vain,' Valgerdur quoted. ~ Arnaldur Indridason

Remember that though humility, without firmness, may be cowardly, yet courage without humility is presumptuous. ~ Marie Angelique Arnauld

Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest. ~ Antoine Arnauld