I have made a mistake. They condemn me to death and I ask for a boy to coach me for it. A red-headed boy, who gobbles his buttered bread and toddles to his horse with the seat of his pants wet, this is the young man they hope will get me on my knees, full of prayer. This is the young man I hope will be able to help me, although with what and how I cannot think.
I preferred to read than talk with the others. - Hannah Kent
I preferred to read than talk with the others.
- Hannah Kent
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… - Hannah Kent
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…
To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things. - Hannah Kent
To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.
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 terrify… - Hannah Kent
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 terrify…
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
If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now
How can I say what it was like to breathe again? I felt newborn. I staggered in the light of the world and took deep gulps of fresh sea air. It was l… - Hannah Kent
How can I say what it was like to breathe again? I felt newborn. I staggered in the light of the world and took deep gulps of fresh sea air. It was l…
No doves come from ravens’ eggs - Hannah Kent
No doves come from ravens’ eggs
I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here! - Hannah Kent
I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here!
I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland. - Hannah Kent
I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.
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