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Hannah Kent
“To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.”
Hannah Kent, Burial Rites

“Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren. (anonymous twitter joke referenced in the book)”
Anonymous, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Julian Barnes
“Life and reading are not separate activities, When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.”
Julian Barnes, A Life with Books

Hannah Kent
“It’s not fair. People claim to know you through the things you’ve done, and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself.”
Hannah Kent, Burial Rites

John O'Hara
“I have work to do, and I am afraid not to do it.”
John O'hara

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