“It was as if her life had been brought to a full stop: she couldn't look forward, couldn't picture what tomorrow night bring.”
―
Ragnar Jónasson,
The Darkness
“It had rained without a break since the middle of the afternoon, when the skies had finally started to clear. Ari Thór didn’t make a habit of going to the theatre, but still understood the excitement behind a good production. Tension in the air could sometimes be palpable, but never as overwhelming as it was that Friday evening in the Siglufjördur theatre. But this time there was no production taking place and the auditorium was empty. What he and Tómas – both of them on duty that night – could not avoid was the body. There was no doubt they were looking at a corpse; but Tómas still checked for a pulse” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“A good book could transport her far, far away, to a different world, another country, another culture, where the climate was warmer and life was easier.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist
“That damned volcano” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout
“She was deaf to the sighing of the waves and blind to the stars and Northern Lights shimmering across the sky.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist
“Vous croyez qu’un virus s’attaquerait à un homme de Dieu” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Sótt
“She would have to watch herself. What was it that Bishop Vídalín once wrote? Rage kindles an inferno in the eyes; a feeling she knew only too well.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness
“Bernódusson, Guðmund L. Hafsteinsson og Kristján Sveinsson.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Andköf
“Ari Thór had come to realise that the only way to survive in the northernmost town in Iceland was to embrace all the seasons and resign yourself to your fate. You had to learn to love the bitterly cold winter nights as much as the never-ending summer days, when darkness is nothing but a distant memory and the sun floods the land with warmth and light. And understand how nourishing the cold can be for the body and the soul.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Winterkill
“Then all the ills of winter are swept away.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Nightblind
“The hour-long drive to Akureyri didn’t take him long.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Nightblind
“The Icelandic tradition of reading a new book on Christmas Eve, and into the early hours of the morning, had been important in his family’s home.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“But now they would be bound together forever, in a way. A shared secret, and not just any secret: a murder.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“While he desperately wanted to hear her voice, even arrange to meet her, he dreaded the awkward moment when she would pick up the phone. The” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout
“You can’t pull up a tree when its roots have grown so deep.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout
“Sure, it all looks quiet and friendly on the surface, but behind closed doors there’s an uncomfortable secret. Domestic violence; and nobody wants to acknowledge it, let alone talk about it.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Nightblind
“and the fact that they had been living together” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“I know children aren’t supposed to remember anything about their first few years, but remembering is one thing, sensing is another. I believe I picked up on the insecurity and that it’s affected me all my life. I” ― Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness
“lot” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“It had rained without a break since the middle of the afternoon, when the skies had finally started to clear. Ari Thór didn’t make a habit of going to the theatre, but still understood the excitement behind a good production. Tension in the air could sometimes be palpable, but never as overwhelming as it was that Friday evening in the Siglufjördur theatre. But this time there was no production taking place and the auditorium was empty. What he and Tómas – both of them on duty that night – could not avoid was the body. There was no doubt they were looking at a corpse; but Tómas still checked for a pulse” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“A good book could transport her far, far away, to a different world, another country, another culture, where the climate was warmer and life was easier.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist
“That damned volcano” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout
“She was deaf to the sighing of the waves and blind to the stars and Northern Lights shimmering across the sky.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, The Mist
“Vous croyez qu’un virus s’attaquerait à un homme de Dieu” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Sótt
“She would have to watch herself. What was it that Bishop Vídalín once wrote? Rage kindles an inferno in the eyes; a feeling she knew only too well.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness
“Bernódusson, Guðmund L. Hafsteinsson og Kristján Sveinsson.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Andköf
“Ari Thór had come to realise that the only way to survive in the northernmost town in Iceland was to embrace all the seasons and resign yourself to your fate. You had to learn to love the bitterly cold winter nights as much as the never-ending summer days, when darkness is nothing but a distant memory and the sun floods the land with warmth and light. And understand how nourishing the cold can be for the body and the soul.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Winterkill
“Then all the ills of winter are swept away.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Nightblind
“The hour-long drive to Akureyri didn’t take him long.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Nightblind
“The Icelandic tradition of reading a new book on Christmas Eve, and into the early hours of the morning, had been important in his family’s home.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“But now they would be bound together forever, in a way. A shared secret, and not just any secret: a murder.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“While he desperately wanted to hear her voice, even arrange to meet her, he dreaded the awkward moment when she would pick up the phone. The” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout
“You can’t pull up a tree when its roots have grown so deep.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Blackout
“Sure, it all looks quiet and friendly on the surface, but behind closed doors there’s an uncomfortable secret. Domestic violence; and nobody wants to acknowledge it, let alone talk about it.” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Nightblind
“and the fact that they had been living together” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
“I know children aren’t supposed to remember anything about their first few years, but remembering is one thing, sensing is another. I believe I picked up on the insecurity and that it’s affected me all my life. I” ― Ragnar Jónasson, The Darkness
“lot” ― Ragnar Jónasson, Snowblind
