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Hannah Kent Quotes

When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations... so I’m just trying to meet those. I’m not going to distract myself with other people’s expectations Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories Picture Quote #1

I had expected that at some point during the first draft a light would go on, and I would understand, finally, how to write a book. This never happened. The process was akin to blindly walking in the dark, feeling my way only by touch, and only recognising dead ends when I smacked into them Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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, ‘dream on’. Then it was my responsibility to finish the story as I was drifting off to sleep. We would call them dreaming stories Picture Quote #1

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If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I’d be a sight more miserable than I am now Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It’s the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack under your weight - both thrilling and terrifying together Picture Quote #1

So lonely I make friends with the ravens that prey on lambs Picture Quote #1

When did a smile ever get anyone into trouble? Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be remembered, I want to be here! Picture Quote #1

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I preferred to read than talk with the others Picture Quote #1

The treachery of a friend is worse than that of a foe Picture Quote #1

It was only later that I suffocated under the weight of his arguments, and his darker thoughts articulated. It was only later that our tongues produced landslides, that we become caught in the cracks between what we said and what we meant, until we could not find each other, did not trust the words in our own mouths Picture Quote #1

Endless days of dark indoors and hateful glances are enough to set a rime on anyone’s bones Picture Quote #1

The gloom encroaches upon my mind, and my heart flutters like a bird held fast in a fist Picture Quote #1

Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness Picture Quote #1

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... dreadful birds, dressed in red with breasts of silver buttons, and cocked heads and sharp mouths, looking for guilt like berries on a bush Picture Quote #1

Memories shift like loose snow in a wind, or are a chorale of ghosts all talking over one another. There is only ever a sense that what is real to me is not real to others, and to share a memory with someone is to risk sullying my belief in what has truly happened Picture Quote #1

As though prayer could simply pluck sin out. But 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 Picture Quote #1

To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things Picture Quote #1

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When I write, I write for myself, and I have high expectations... so I’m just trying to meet those. I’m not going to distract myself with other people’s expectations. (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. (Hannah Kent Quotes) I applied for funding to embark on an overseas field trip in Iceland, and spent six weeks there happily holed up in the national archives, museums and libraries, sifting through ministerial and parish records, censuses, maps, microfilm, logs, and local histories. (Hannah Kent Quotes) I had expected that at some point during the first draft a light would go on, and I would understand, finally, how to write a book. This never happened. The process was akin to blindly walking in the dark, feeling my way only by touch, and only recognising dead ends when I smacked into them. (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. (Hannah Kent Quotes) 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, ‘dream on’. Then it was my responsibility to finish the story as I was drifting off to sleep. We would call them dreaming stories. (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 (Hannah Kent Quotes) 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 (Hannah Kent Quotes) A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It’s the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack under your weight - both thrilling and terrifying together (Hannah Kent Quotes) So lonely I make friends with the ravens that prey on lambs (Hannah Kent Quotes) When did a smile ever get anyone into trouble? (Hannah Kent Quotes) I don’t want to be remembered, I want to be here! (Hannah Kent Quotes) I preferred to read than talk with the others (Hannah Kent Quotes) The treachery of a friend is worse than that of a foe (Hannah Kent Quotes) It was only later that I suffocated under the weight of his arguments, and his darker thoughts articulated. It was only later that our tongues produced landslides, that we become caught in the cracks between what we said and what we meant, until we could not find each other, did not trust the words in our own mouths (Hannah Kent Quotes) 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 (Hannah Kent Quotes) Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness (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 (Hannah Kent Quotes) Memories shift like loose snow in a wind, or are a chorale of ghosts all talking over one another. There is only ever a sense that what is real to me is not real to others, and to share a memory with someone is to risk sullying my belief in what has truly happened (Hannah Kent Quotes) As though prayer could simply pluck sin out. But 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 (Hannah Kent Quotes) To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things (Hannah Kent Quotes)