Keri Hulme cytaty

“I am not a person to say the words out loud / I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page.”

Keri Hulme

“A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart.”

Keri Hulme książka The Bone People

“The smarter you are, the more you know, the less reason you have to trust or love or confide.”

Keri Hulme

“But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk…”

Keri Hulme książka The Bone People

“I am in limbo, and in limbo there are no races, no prizes, no changes, no chances. There are merely degrees of endurance, and endurance never was my strong point.”

Keri Hulme