"People speak of the fear of the blank……" — Hannah Kent
"People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd."
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Hannah Kent
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18 Quotes by Hannah Kent
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It was only later that I suffocated under the weight of his arguments, and his darker thoughts articulated. It was…
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To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.
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As though prayer could simply pluck sin out. But any woman knows that a thread, once woven, is fixed in…
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Memories shift like loose snow in a wind, or are a chorale of ghosts all talking over one another. There…
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The treachery of a friend is worse than that of a foe.
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I preferred to read than talk with the others.
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I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here!
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A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It's the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack…
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I have made a mistake. They condemn me to death and I ask for a boy to coach me for…
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...dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like…
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Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness.
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Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.
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