Quotes from Light on Snow

Anita Shreve ·  282 pages

Rating: (25.5K votes)


“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


About the author

Anita Shreve
Born place: in Dedham, Massachusetts
Born date October 7, 1946
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“Whether it’s chocolate or socks, the rule is the same; the darker the better.”
― Pseudonymous Bosch, quote from This Isn't What It Looks Like


“Consider me an open book" dev said. "Mi casa es su casa." Dev crinkled his nose and smelled the air. "Err, mi nose es su nose.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, quote from Taken by Storm


“was still on the sofa. Oh, man . . . my neck was killing me! I must have fallen asleep watching the movie. The movie was over,”
― Kelly Elliott, quote from Wanted


“Love is not something you protect. It’s something you risk.”
― Gayle Forman, quote from Just One Year


“Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.”
― Julie Garwood, quote from The Prize


Interesting books

The Lost Steps
(2.1K)
The Lost Steps
by Alejo Carpentier
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
(1K)
Studies in the Sermo...
by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The Master Key System
(4.2K)
The Master Key Syste...
by Charles F. Haanel
Go Down, Moses
(8.2K)
Go Down, Moses
by William Faulkner
Methuselah's Children
(16.9K)
Methuselah's Childre...
by Robert A. Heinlein
Wolfcry
(5.5K)
Wolfcry
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.