Silence of the Grave Quotes

“He knew at once it was a human bone, when he took it from the baby who was sitting on the floor chewing it.”
― Arnaldur Indridason, Silence of the Grave

“He impressed people. Unconsciously. Some people are like that. I'm not. There's something in those people that breaks down all the barriers, because they act completely the way they are, have nothing to hide, never shelter behind anything, are just themselves, straightforward.”
― Arnaldur Indriðason, Silence of the Grave

“He went into the kitchen. It was eight in the evening. He tried to shut the bright spring evening out with the curtains, but it forced its way past them in places, dust-filled sunbeams that lit up the gloom in his flat. Spring and summer were not Erlendur's seasons. Too bright. Too frivolous. He wanted heavy, dark winters. Finding nothing edible in the kitchen, he sat down at the table with his chin resting in his hand.”
― Arnaldur Indridason, Silence of the Grave

“قال الجراح حين شعر أن أرلندور على وشك ان يفقد رباطة جأشه : ( يقولون أن الزمن يشفي كل الجراح، و يصح ذلك على الجسد و العقل في آن واحد ).

قال ارلندور، وهو يضع البطانية على الطفلة مجدداً:( الزمن ؟ انه لا يشفي أي جراح ).”
― Arnaldur Indriðason, Silence of the Grave

“It sometimes occurred to her, which perhaps he too knew deep down inside, that the violence he inflicted on her was above all a manifestation of his own weakness.”
― Arnaldur Indriðason, Silence of the Grave

“Hann sá strax að þetta var mannsbein þegar hann náði því af barninu, sem setið hafði á gólfinu og tuggið á því.”
― Arnaldur Indriðason, Silence of the Grave