Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone Quotes

“Ilse’s heart had been awakened, then strangled and finally cut out, yet there were no stains, no wounds, no evidence for curious gazes.”
― Stefan Kiesbye, Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone: A Novel

“I understood my role without rehearsals. “Can I try again?” he asked. “Maybe,” I said and ran. He caught me in front of my parents’ house and pressed a kiss on my neck. He was hooked, yet my powers depended on a boy’s willingness to hand them to me. I was dying for his next move.”
― Stefan Kiesbye, Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone: A Novel

“Niemand fuhr aus reiner Freude durch unser Dorf. Sogar das Sonnenlicht schien anders, dunkler, niemals ohne Argwohn”
― Stefan Kiesbye, Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone

“Die Zeit spielt keine Rolle. Ich war jung und wusste nichts von unserer Zeit. Es hatte in unserem Dorf nie eine andere Zeit gegeben. In Hemmersmoor ging sie nicht mutig voran. Sie hinkte ein wenig, verlief sich oft und kam immer wieder an Fricks Tresen zum Stehen. In einer der Geschichten von Verrat, Missgunst und Hexerei”
― Stefan Kiesbye, Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone