"As a rule, the only way that anyone could escape from the castle of Bremerholm was through a dead-end opening: namely, the grave. (Halldór Laxness)

"As a rule, the only way that anyone could escape from the castle of Bremerholm was through a dead-end opening: namely, the grave.

Halldór Laxness

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