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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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“The smarter you are, the more you know, the less reason you have to trust or love or confide.”

Knows Life Inspirational Reason Smarter

Book:The Bone People: A Novel

Source: The Bone People: A Novel

“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read.”

Knows Want Book

Book:The Bone People: A Novel

Source: The Bone People: A Novel

“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.”

Knows Heart Left Existence Gone My Heart My Family Holes Bane Dysfunctional Family Gone Away Hole In My Heart

Book:The Bone People: A Novel

Source: The Bone People: A Novel

“I am not a person to say the words out loud I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page: know it from there, from my silence, from somewhere other than my tongue the quiet love the silent rage.”

Thinking Knows Persons Silence Quiet Pages Silent Hunger Tongue Rage Loud

Book:Strands

Source: Strands

About the Author

Born: March 9, 1947
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 20

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