Keri Hulme is a New Zealand writer known for her distinctive literary style and profound social insight. Her works often explore themes of personal identity, cultural conflict, and female experience, reflecting New Zealand's multicultural background. Born on March 9, 1947, Hulme's novel 'The Bone People' won the Man Booker Prize in 1985.
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“I am not dead yet! I can still call forth a piece of soul and set it down in color, fixed forever.”
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“The company you keep at death is, of all things, most dependent on chance.”
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“I am exceedingly angry for no good reason.”
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“Wars of small kingdoms and forgotten lands, what do chessmen dream of in the dark?”
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“The smarter you are, the more you know, the less reason you have to trust or love or confide.”
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“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read.”
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“It's the possibility that when you're dead you might still go on hurting that bothers me.”
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“There is a time, when passing through a light, that you walk in your own shadow.”
Source: The Bone People: A Novel