Hannah Kent Quotes
Top 57 wise famous quotes and sayings by Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Hannah Kent on Wise Famous 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.
For the first time in my life, someone saw me, and I loved him because he made me feel I was enough.
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.
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.
Some folks are forced to the edges by their difference. (...) But 'tis at the edges that they find their power.
A tight fear, like a fishing line, hooked upon something that must, inevitably, be dragged from the depths. (Margret)
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 first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.
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 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.
The only thing I could think of was, if you move, you will crumble. If you breathe, you will collapse.
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.
Dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like berries on a bush.
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.
She is not like me. She knows only the tree of life. She has not seen its twisted roots pawing stones and coffins.
How hidden the heart, Nance thought. How frightened we are of being known, and yet how desperately we long for it.
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.
Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness.
If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now
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?
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.