They thought I was an Icelander! But I'm no Icelander, s'help me! - Halldór Laxness

What made Ingolfur Arnarson a great man was first and foremost his ideals, his unquenchable love of mankind, his conviction that the people needed improved conditions of life and better facilities for cultural advancement, his determination to mitigate his fellow men's sufferings by establishing a better form of government in the country . . . Middlemen and other parasites would no longer be allowed to batten on the farming classes. Ingolfur wanted to elevate the farmer's life to a position of honor and dignity, not in word alone, but in deed.

Everyone always believes everything nasty of everyone else, and especially if it's a lie.

If there's one thing I despise, it's brennivín . . . [T]here no longer exists within me a single spark of longing for brennivín.