Keri Hulme quotes

You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read... (Keri Hulme)
But hands are sacred things. Touch is personal, fingers of love, feelers of blind eyes, tongues of those who cannot talk... View quote
Keri Hulme
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. View quote
Keri Hulme
The smarter you are, the more you know, the less reason you have to trust or love or confide. View quote
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. View quote
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It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me. View quote
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I am not a person to say the words out loud / I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page. View quote
Keri Hulme

Keri Hulme

Keri Hulme - Image
Photo: Philip Tremewan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: Writer
Born: March 9, 1947
Died: December 27, 2021
Quotes count: 7

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