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1 " ...the only thing that could justify your continuing existence on the planet would be if you started breathing carbon dioxide and exhaling oxygen. "
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
2 " Thóra glared at him. “I’ve given birth to two children, with all the accompanying pain, blood, placentas, cervical plugs, and God knows what else. I’ll survive.” She folded her arms and turned away from him. “So what do you know about gross stuff?” Matthew did not seem impressed by Thóra’s experience. “Lots of things. But I’ll spare you the details. Unlike you, I have no need to beat my chest. "
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , Last Rituals (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #1)
3 " Ódinn couldn't tear his gaze from the small featured face, the red cheeks and delicate lips that she pursed shut as if to ensure she wouldn't say anything to disappoint her father. "
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , The Undesired
4 " Mother Nature had made an appalling error of judgement. "
5 " come, "
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , The Day is Dark (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #4)
6 " Lena sabia perfeitamente que não tinha nada a ver com ela: não passava de um saco de boxe dialogante que a mãe usava para se acalmar "
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , Someone to Watch Over Me (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #5)
7 " Someone always gets punished when a crime is committed, but not always the guilty party. "
8 " One of the most important things for a recovering addict is to take responsibility for his own life. Not to be eaten up with self-pity and constantly brooding over who or what’s to blame. "
9 " I go to sea every other month. The accident happened during my time off, so I’d better be cell phone again before my next tour or I’ll be off work for another two months. Unless "
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , The Silence of the Sea (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #6)
10 " You feel better little by little. About a minute longer each day.” He smiled flatly at the woman, who was staring at her tray again. “There are 1,440 minutes in a day so you should be feeling good all day and all night in about four years. "
11 " The body uses sleep to fix information in the memory – to file it away, if you like, so you can retrieve it later. "
12 " Strong is the bond that draws men back to the soil their fathers ploughed, "
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , My Soul to Take (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #2)
13 " Arrête de pleurnicher, mon vieux. Tu peux me dire depuis quand on tient compte des liens familiaux, en Islande ? Tout le monde est cousin dans l'île ! Je n'ai aucune intention de parler seule à cette femme, je ne connais pas assez bien l'affaire pour ça. Alors tes beaux principes, tu vas t'asseoir dessus et te vautrer dans le fumier comme tout le monde. "
14 " In fact, they’re trained in risk assessment "
15 " or they died by some other means. "
16 " Faith in the power of the glacier goes way beyond Iceland—people flocked here from all over the world to welcome aliens from outer space just before the turn of the century. "
17 " Las heridas eran obra de fuerzas maléficas "
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir , I Remember You
18 " He didn’t want the life he was living now to be his lot forever, but only he had the power to change it. "
19 " You’re kidding, right?’ said Matthew. ‘He’s so ancient he couldn’t kill a pot plant. "
20 " Marta Mist z jakichś gender studies. Ta była zupełnie okropna, ciągle tylko narzekała, jakie to kobiety są pokrzywdzone. Zdarzało się, że rozwalała tym nastrój imprezy. "
