Quotes from book
The Bone People

The Bone People
Keri Hulme

The Bone People is a Booker Prize-winning 1984 novel by New Zealand writer 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 book The Bone People

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“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read…”

Keri Hulme book The Bone People

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

Keri Hulme book The Bone People

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