Quotes from Light on Snow

“I thought about how one tiny decision can change a life. A decision that takes only a split second to make.”
― Anita Shreve, quote from Light on Snow

“My mother taught me to knit when I was seven. I forgot about knitting until one day I saw Marion at the counter with hers and confessed that I knew how. Confessed is the right word. In those days, in the early 1980s, knitting was not a hobby a preteen would readily admit to. But Marion, every enthusiastic, pounced upon me and insisted that I show her something I'd made. I did -- a misshapen scarf -- which she priased exravagantly. she lent me a raspberry-colored wool for another project, a hat for myself. Since then I've been knitting pretty continuously. It's addictive and it's soothing, and fora a few minutes anyway, it makes me feel closer to my mother.”
― Anita Shreve, quote from Light on Snow

“She's a good person to hug, because her body fills up all the empty spaces.”
― Anita Shreve, quote from Light on Snow

“Something inside me squeezes up tight like a sponge that is being wrung out”
― Anita Shreve, quote from Light on Snow

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“We fear it, yet most of us fear more than anything that it may take someone other than ourselves. For the greatest fear of death is always that it will pass us by. And leave us there alone.”
― Fredrik Backman, quote from A Man Called Ove

“Pero si la gente supiera que «la vida es infinita; que jamás morimos; que nunca nacimos, en realidad», entonces ese miedo desaparecería. Si todos supieran que han vivido antes incontables veces y que volverán a vivir otras tantas, ¡cuánto más reconfortados se sentirían! Si supieran que hay espíritus a su alrededor, cuando se encuentran en estado físico; que después de la muerte, en estado espiritual, se reunirán con esos espíritus, incluidos los de sus muertos amados, ¡cuánto sería el consuelo! Si supieran que los «ángeles de la guarda» existen, en realidad, ¡cuánto más seguros se sentirían! Si supieran que los actos de violencia y de injusticia no pasan desapercibidos, sino que deben ser pagados con la misma moneda en otras vidas, ¡cuánto menor sería el deseo de venganza! Y si de verdad «por el conocimiento nos aproximamos a Dios», ¿de qué sirven las posesiones materiales y el poder, cuando son un fin en sí y no un medio para ese acercamiento? La codicia y el ansia de poder no tienen ningún valor.”
― Brian L. Weiss, quote from Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

“Очите им се срещнаха и едно обещание бе дадено, прието и върнато.”
― James Clavell, quote from King Rat

“La oscuridad también ha de desempeñar un papel. Sin ella, ¿cómo sabríamos que caminamos por la senda de la luz? Solamente cuando sus pretensiones se crecen debemos enfrentarnos a ella, domarla y a veces –llegado el caso- someterla durante un tiempo. Después se erguirá de nuevo, como debe ser.”
― Clive Barker, quote from Abarat

“Morley joined them, and after a long, uncomfortable moment, Mrs. Grant decided to ignore his presence. The
guards didn’t. Their knuckles were white on their weapons.
May I assist?” he asked, and put his hands behind his back. “I promise not to eat anyone.”
Very funny,” Mrs. Grant said. Morley gave her a grave look.
I wasn’t joking, dear lady,” he said. “I do promise. And I never make a promise I don’t intend to keep. You
should feel quite secure.”
Well, I’m sorry, I don’t,” she said. “You’re just—”
Too overwhelmingly dashing and attractive?” Morley grinned. “A common problem women face with me.
It’ll pass. You seem like the no-nonsense sort. I like that.”
Claire smiled at the look on Mrs. Grant’s face, reflected in the white LED light of the lantern she was holding.
You are really—odd,” the older woman said, as if she couldn’t quite believe she was even having the
conversation.”
― Rachel Caine, quote from Kiss of Death

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