Faroese Island Quotes

“He would take refuge in a homey understanding of Faroese ways only to be slapped back to an uncomfortable position as an American by some terrible smell: uncomfortable because he could no more now imagine himself standing at an oak door with a brass knocker, wearing a tie and holding a bottle of Médoc, than he could picture eating rotten meat. He was floating around in cultural hyperspace; nothing felt right.”
― Susanna Kaysen, Far Afield

“Knívleysur maður er lívleysur maður.”
― Färinger

“Hann fær byr, ið bíðar, og havn, ið rør.”
― Färinger