« Far out in an ocean that gleams and glitters like quicksilver may be found a small leaden-colored land. In proportion to the immense ocean the size of the tiny mountainous land is like a grain of sand to a ballroom floor. But viewed through a magnifying glass this grain of sand is an entire world, with mountains and valleys, inlets and fjords, and houses with tiny human beings. At one place there is even a complete little old town, with jetties and piers, warehouses, streets, crooked lanes and steep alleyways, gardens and marketplaces and cemeteries. There is also an old church, situated high above the town; from its steeple there is a view out over the roofs of the houses and beyond-far out over the almighty ocean. »
The Lost Musicians – William Heinesen
