“ 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 circ… Hannah Kent
“ Together they listed the people they had known who had died on the mountains. A bleak conversation to have, thought Margrét, but there was some comfort in talking about death aloud, as though in namin… Hannah Kent
“ Agnes: "I have a question for you, speaking of truth. You say God speaks the truth." Tóti: "Yes." Agnes: "And God said: 'Thou shalt not kill.'Tóti: "Yes. Tóti said carefully." Agnes: "Then Blondal and… Hannah Kent
“ Sometimes, people never stood a chance in the beginning. Or they might have made a mistake. When people start saying things like she must be a bad mother because of that mistake." .... "It's not fair.… Hannah Kent
“ Endless days of dark indoors and hateful glances are enough to set a rime on anyone’s bones. Hannah Kent
“ Poverty scrapes these homes down until they all look the same, and they all have in common the absence of things that ought to be there. I might as well have been at one place all my life. Hannah Kent
“ Some folks are forced to the edges by their difference. (...) But 'tis at the edges that they find their power. Hannah Kent
