Often the boy was overwhelmed by an uncontrollable yearning to write down in books everything he saw, despite what anyone said-two hundred books as thick as the Book of Sermons, whole Bibles, whole chests full of books. (Halldór Laxness)

Often the boy was overwhelmed by an uncontrollable yearning to write down in books everything he saw, despite what anyone said-two hundred books as thick as the Book of Sermons, whole Bibles, whole chests full of books.

Halldór Laxness

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