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Hannah Kent quotes: I was worst to the one I loved best. I was worst to the one I loved best.
Hannah Kent quotes: We became caught in the cracks between what we said and what we meant, We became caught in the cracks between what we said and what we meant,
Hannah Kent quotes: Endless days of dark indoors and hateful glances are enough to set a rime on anyone's bones. Endless days of dark indoors and hateful glances are enough to set a rime on anyone's bones.
Hannah Kent quotes: The gloom encroaches upon my mind, and my heart flutters like a bird held fast in a fist. The gloom encroaches upon my mind, and my heart flutters like a bird held fast in a fist.
Hannah Kent quotes: To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things. To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.
Hannah Kent quotes: I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here! I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here!
Hannah Kent quotes: And though the snow smothered the valley and the milk froze in the dairy, my soul thawed. And though the snow smothered the valley and the milk froze in the dairy, my soul thawed.
Hannah Kent quotes: I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job. I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
Hannah Kent quotes: Natan Ketilsson fetched his wife from heaven's gate. Natan Ketilsson fetched his wife from heaven's gate.
Hannah Kent quotes: For the first time in my life, someone saw me, and I loved him because he made me feel I was enough. For the first time in my life, someone saw me, and I loved him because he made me feel I was enough.
Hannah Kent quotes: I still don't know why, exactly, but I do think people can have a spiritual connection to landscape, and I certainly did in Iceland. I still don't know why, exactly, but I do think people can have a spiritual connection to landscape, and I certainly did in Iceland.
Hannah Kent quotes: Everything I said was taken from me and altered until the story wasn't my own. Everything I said was taken from me and altered until the story wasn't my own.
Hannah Kent quotes: You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver. You know you're going to have a good day when your morning begins with breakfast in the same room as Carrie Tiffany, David Vann and Lionel Shriver.
Hannah Kent quotes: No doves come from ravens' eggs No doves come from ravens' eggs
Hannah Kent quotes: Some folks are forced to the edges by their difference. (...) But 'tis at the edges that they find their power. Some folks are forced to the edges by their difference. (...) But 'tis at the edges that they find their power.
Hannah Kent quotes: But I needed to create a life of my own. And here I But I needed to create a life of my own. And here I
Hannah Kent quotes: A tight fear, like a fishing line, hooked upon something that must, inevitably, be dragged from the depths. (Margret) A tight fear, like a fishing line, hooked upon something that must, inevitably, be dragged from the depths. (Margret)
Hannah Kent quotes: I've been half-frozen for so long, it is as though the winter has set up home in my marrow. I've been half-frozen for so long, it is as though the winter has set up home in my marrow.
Hannah Kent quotes: Good Lord," he muttered "They pick a mouse to tame a cat. Good Lord," he muttered "They pick a mouse to tame a cat.
Hannah Kent quotes: I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it. I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
Hannah Kent quotes: I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland. I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.
Hannah Kent quotes: I could flee to the heath. Show them that they cannot keep me locked up, that I am a thief of time and will steal the hours denied to me! I could flee to the heath. Show them that they cannot keep me locked up, that I am a thief of time and will steal the hours denied to me!
Hannah Kent quotes: Death happened, and in the usual way it happens, and yet, not like anything else at all. Death happened, and in the usual way it happens, and yet, not like anything else at all.
Hannah Kent quotes: I can turn to that day as though it were a page in a book. It's written so deeply upon my mind I can almost taste the ink. I can turn to that day as though it were a page in a book. It's written so deeply upon my mind I can almost taste the ink.
Hannah Kent quotes: The treachery of a friend is worse than that of a foe. The treachery of a friend is worse than that of a foe.
Hannah Kent quotes: The only thing I could think of was, if you move, you will crumble. If you breathe, you will collapse. The only thing I could think of was, if you move, you will crumble. If you breathe, you will collapse.
Hannah Kent quotes: She invented her own language to say what everyone else could only feel. She invented her own language to say what everyone else could only feel.
Hannah Kent quotes: He lay back down on the snow. "What's the name for the space between stars?" "No such name." "Make one up." I thought about it. "The soul asylum. He lay back down on the snow. "What's the name for the space between stars?" "No such name." "Make one up." I thought about it. "The soul asylum.
Hannah Kent quotes: In the cowshed, my head hard against the floor, Natan broke the very yolk of my soul. In the cowshed, my head hard against the floor, Natan broke the very yolk of my soul.
Hannah Kent quotes: Dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like berries on a bush. Dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like berries on a bush.
Hannah Kent quotes: Of all the names, one is a mistake. One is a nightmare. The stair you miss in the darkness. Of all the names, one is a mistake. One is a nightmare. The stair you miss in the darkness.
Hannah Kent quotes: I prefer a story to a prayer. I prefer a story to a prayer.
Hannah Kent quotes: Criminals of this stature are usually sent abroad for their punishment, where there are jailhouses Criminals of this stature are usually sent abroad for their punishment, where there are jailhouses
Hannah Kent quotes: He knew me as one knows the seasons, knows the tide. Knew me like the smell of smoke, knew what I was, and what I wanted. He knew me as one knows the seasons, knows the tide. Knew me like the smell of smoke, knew what I was, and what I wanted.
Hannah Kent quotes: I try to love God, Reverend. I do. But I cannot love these men. I ... I hate them. I try to love God, Reverend. I do. But I cannot love these men. I ... I hate them.
Hannah Kent quotes: They see I've got a head on my shoulders, and believe a thinking woman cannot be trusted. They see I've got a head on my shoulders, and believe a thinking woman cannot be trusted.
Hannah Kent quotes: She doesn't look like a criminal, he thought. Not since she's had a bath. She doesn't look like a criminal, he thought. Not since she's had a bath.
Hannah Kent quotes: She is not like me. She knows only the tree of life. She has not seen its twisted roots pawing stones and coffins. She is not like me. She knows only the tree of life. She has not seen its twisted roots pawing stones and coffins.
Hannah Kent quotes: How hidden the heart, Nance thought. How frightened we are of being known, and yet how desperately we long for it. How hidden the heart, Nance thought. How frightened we are of being known, and yet how desperately we long for it.
Hannah Kent quotes: What else is God good for other than a distraction from the mire we're all stranded in? What else is God good for other than a distraction from the mire we're all stranded in?
Hannah Kent quotes: There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters. There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
Hannah Kent quotes: Folks say, for every mountain there is a valley. Folks say, for every mountain there is a valley.
Hannah Kent quotes: The thunder kills the unhatched birds in their eggs.' 'Peg The thunder kills the unhatched birds in their eggs.' 'Peg
Hannah Kent quotes: I preferred to read than talk with the others. I preferred to read than talk with the others.
Hannah Kent quotes: It is the waiting that cripples. It is the waiting that cripples.
Hannah Kent quotes: Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness. Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness.
Hannah Kent quotes: If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now
Hannah Kent quotes: Sleep came to me like a thin tide of water. It would lap against my body but never submerge me. Sleep came to me like a thin tide of water. It would lap against my body but never submerge me.
Hannah Kent quotes: Is love constant for you? Have you ever loved a woman? A person you love as much as you hate the hold they have on you? Is love constant for you? Have you ever loved a woman? A person you love as much as you hate the hold they have on you?
Hannah Kent quotes: Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale. Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.
Hannah Kent quotes: I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow. I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
Hannah Kent quotes: I feel drunk with summer and sunlight. I want to seize fistfuls of sky and eat them. I feel drunk with summer and sunlight. I want to seize fistfuls of sky and eat them.
Hannah Kent quotes: When did a smile ever get anyone into trouble? When did a smile ever get anyone into trouble?
Hannah Kent quotes: It's not fair. People claim to know you through the things you've done, and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself. It's not fair. People claim to know you through the things you've done, and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself.
Hannah Kent quotes: So lonely I make friends with the ravens that prey on lambs. So lonely I make friends with the ravens that prey on lambs.
Hannah Kent quotes: I was a very imaginative child, and my parents were very encouraging of that. My sister and I would put on plays; I would write my own stories. I was a very imaginative child, and my parents were very encouraging of that. My sister and I would put on plays; I would write my own stories.
Hannah Kent quotes: Any woman knows that a thread, once woven, is fixed in place; the only way to smooth a mistake is to let it all unravel. Any woman knows that a thread, once woven, is fixed in place; the only way to smooth a mistake is to let it all unravel.

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