Keri Hulme said this quote

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.

~ Keri Hulme

She has this curious heavy grace, like something out of its element making do in a heavier medium. Like she should be living in water.

~ Keri Hulme

The color has faded out of the sky. It is grey, becoming darker as the world turns herself round a little more. The clouds are long and black and ragged, like the wings of stormbattered dragons.

~ Keri Hulme

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

~ Keri Hulme