"You have fettered yourself of your own free will, man—break the fetters!"

"Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens; no sorrow…"

"Icelanders! You are the descendants of Nordic vikings! Down with Irish slaves!"

"Tonight when I listen to our voices in this strange calm which is touched with the presence of death, even though the…"

"My image will soon be obliterated; it was only an illusion. But even though I may fall, even though my image may be o…"

"They thought I was an Icelander! But I'm no Icelander, s'help me!"

"It is anything but easy trying to speak of a person one knows so little about but who is nevertheless so close to me."

"Because there are indeed women in Iceland, it will now be proven to you, you ugly wench, that there are also men in I…"

"It is justice, not love, that will one day give life to the children of the future. The battle for justice is the one…"

"You can take everything from me except the freedom to look up at the sky occasionally."