"I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing Burial Rites, I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry."

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Source : "'Burial Rites' author Hannah Kent finds mystery in Iceland". Interview with Randy Dotinga, www.csmonitor.com. November 29, 2013.

Hannah Kent

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“A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.”
“At the foot of the cross, there are no racial barriers.”
“It is always character first and story second.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
“It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease. When the poor share some of the power that the affluent now monopolize, we will give a damn.”

Source : Cesar Chavez (2008). “An Organizer's Tale: Speeches”, p.144, Penguin
“Children used to be outside. Now the streets are empty. People are indoors looking at television or something.”

Source : "Helen Levitt, Who Froze New York Street Life on Film, Is Dead at 95" by Margarett Loke, www.nytimes.com. March 30, 2009.
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.”
“A sketch is just a mini movie.”

Source : "How Jim Rash Went From Improv to ‘Community’ to a ‘Descendants’ Oscar Nomination". Interview with Tim Molloy, www.thewrap.com. February 17, 2012.
“Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.”

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