Hannah Kent Quotes
I Dreamt Of The Execution Block Last Night. I Dreamt I Was Alone And Crawling Through The Snow Towards The Dark Stump. My Hands And Knees Were Numb From The Ice, But I Had No Choice.
When I Came Upon The Block, Its Surface Was Vast And Smooth. I Could Smell The Wood. It Had None Of The Saltiness Of Driftwood, But Was Like Bleeding Sap, Like Blood. Sweeter, Heavier.
In My Dream I Dragged Myself Up And Held My Head Above It. It Began To Snow, And I Thought To Myself: "This Is The Silence Before The Drop." And Then I Wondered At The Stump Being There, The Tree It Might Have Been, When Trees Do Not Grow Here. There Is Too Much Silence, I Thought In My Dream. Too Many Stones.
So I Addressed The Wood Out Loud. I Said: "I Will Water You As Though You Still Lived." And At This Last Word I Woke.
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