Quote by Hannah Kent Download Open image ““cradling dead bodies in its cage of burnt beams.”” — Hannah Kent ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Recycle the body through fire; scatter the remains back into the earth.” — Denis Hearn Copy Share Image
“The crematory fire is the only way our bodies can escape them. It's the absolute death.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Like a flame burning away the darkness Life is flesh on bone convulsing above the ground.” — E. Elias Merhige Copy Share Image
“A death is traumatic. Vivid enough to mark any surface, to burn in like light on photo paper.” — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
“What lies inside a cage of flames? The truth, the heart, but burned up before you can see it. Only traces remain in the… — Rene Steinke Copy Share Image
“Pursue your purpose,especially if it burns in your bones like a burning fire.” — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
“For there are things that make the dead open their eyes in their graves.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Every dead body that is not exterminated, gets up and kills. The people it kills, get up and kill!” — Dr. James Foster Copy Share Image
“It's the living that turn and chase the dead. The long bones and skulls are tumbled from their shrouds, and words like stones thrust… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“It’s not as easy as you’d think, burning a dead creature. Flesh and skin want to cook and crisp and char rather than ignite.” — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“Of all the names, one is a mistake. One is a nightmare. The stair you miss in the darkness.” — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“Those who are not being dragged to their deaths cannot understand how the heart grows hard and sharp, until it is a nest of… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“I might have starved to death. I would be mud-slick, stuffed to the guts with cold and hopelessness, and my body might know it… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“Illugastadir, the farm by the sea, where the soft air rings with the clang of the smithy, and gulls caw, and seals roll over… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Some folks are born different, Nance. They are born on the outside of things, with skin a little a thinner, eyes a little keener… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
“It was not hard to believe a beautiful woman capable of murder, Margret thought.As it says in the sagas, Opt er flago i fogru… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
My dad would tell me bedtime stories, and he used to always leave them open-ended and finish at a crucial point with the words,… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
