Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

Cruel birds, ravens, but wise. And creatures should be loved for their wisdom if they cannot be loved for kindness.

I so often feel that I am barely here, that to feel weight is to be reminded of my own existence.

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

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.”