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“Dying is unlike living. The smooth running of time is for the beating heart only. The dead stutter. The hands on my clock do not turn to numbers but to each other.”

Book:Devotion

Source: Devotion

“Thea, better your face than the face of God. Better your love, better your grace.”

Love God Romance

Book:Devotion

Source: Devotion

“I don’t believe in heaven,” Natan said. I was shocked. “How can you not believe in heaven?” “It’s a lie. Man has created God out of fear of dying.”

God Religion Atheism

Book:Burial Rites

Source: Burial Rites

“Blíndur er bóklaus ma∂ur. Blind is a man without a book.”

Wisdom Reading Books Idiom Icelandic

Book:Burial Rites

Source: Burial Rites

“Tóti,” she said in a panicked voice. “Tóti, I don’t think I’m ready. I don’t think they can do it. Can you make them wait? They have to wait.”

Book:Burial Rites

Source: Burial Rites

“How hidden the heart, Nance thought. How frightened we are of being known, and yet how desperately we long for it.”

Book:The Good People

Source: The Good People

“Why do men bother with churches at all when instead they might make cathedrals out of sky and water?”

Religion Faith Water Nature Church Sky Cathedral

Book:Devotion

Source: Devotion

“Immagino che siamo tutti come fiammelle di candele accese, scintillanti, tremule nell'oscurità e poi immagino l'ululato del vento, e nel silenzio della stanza sent dei passi che vengono a soffiare su di me e a ridurre la mia vita a un refolo di fumo grigio. Mi dissolverò nell'aria e nella notte. Ci spegneranno tutti, uno a uno, finchè non rimarrà altro che la loro luce, e solo quella vedranno. Dove sarò allora?”

Vita Morte Silenzio Luce Notte Vento Morire Oscurità Fuoco Candele Fiammella Loro

Author:Hannah Kent

“Sometimes, people never stood a chance in the beginning. Or they might have made a mistake. When people start saying things like she must be a bad mother because of that mistake." .... "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.”

Mistakes Unfairness Knowing A Person

Book:Burial Rites

Source: Burial Rites

“Man has created God out of fear of dying.”

God Religion Heaven Creation Myth

Book:Burial Rites

Source: Burial Rites

“Endless days of dark indoors and hateful glances are enough to set a rime on anyone’s bones.”

Book:Burial Rites

Source: Burial Rites