"A Breath of Snow and Ashes" Quotes
The Frasers navigate the challenges of colonial America while facing personal and political upheavals.
historical fiction | 993 pages | Published in 2005
Quotes
People did change. They could, and often did, become something different from what they had been.
Sometimes the only thing you could do for people was to be there.
Fear was a strange thing, like a shroud that wrapped around you, then dissolved, leaving you alone and naked once more.
Time’s the only thing we have in plenty, but it’s the only thing that’s never enough.
Sometimes the things that you should be most afraid of are the things you should do anyway.
We are what we are, and we must make the best of it.
One thing could be changed without changing everything else.
It’s the place where you feel safe and welcome, and know you can always come back to, no matter what.
Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is to let go of someone you love.
There are things we canna perform, no matter how much we wish it.
