Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

‘To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.’

People claim to know you through the things you’ve done, and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself. No matter how much you try to live a godly life, if you make a mistake in this valley, it’s never forgotten. No matter if you tried to do what was best. No matter if your innermost self whispers, “I am not as you say!” – how other people think of you determines who you are.’

Blind is a man without a book.’