Quotes by : Hannah Kent

People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment....

Some folks are forced to the edges by their difference. (...) But 'tis at the edges that they find their....

I prefer a story to a prayer.

Believe me, Nóra. An old broom knows the dirty corners best

Endless days of dark indoors and hateful glances are enough to set a rime on anyone’s bones.

Together they listed the people they had known who had died on the mountains. A bleak conversation to....

Poverty scrapes these homes down until they all look the same, and they all have in common the absence....

Agnes: "I have a question for you, speaking of truth. You say God speaks the truth." Tóti: "Yes." Agnes:....

Sometimes, people never stood a chance in the beginning. Or they might have made a mistake. When people....