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Light on Snow
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"Light on Snow" Quotes

A teenage girl and her father rescue an abandoned baby in the snow, and the event changes their lives in unexpected ways.

Quotes

It's funny how much energy you have when you're not worried about the future.

Anita Shreve

lifeenergy

I think the reason we never forget our childhood is that we never experience anything as intensely again.

Anita Shreve

childhoodmemories

It's not the weight that breaks you, it's the way you carry it.

Anita Shreve

strengthburden

There are some things in life that are out of your control, that you can't change and you've got to live with. The choice we have, though, is either to give up or keep on going.

Anita Shreve

resiliencechoice

We are all of us the same, and yet we are all of us different.

Anita Shreve

individualityunity

Sometimes I think if you're going to live in a world that's only temporary, you need to love it all the more.

Anita Shreve

lifelove

I don't think people have a true sense of love. They're always moaning about it, complaining about it, looking for it. They haven't the slightest idea what it is or what it involves.

Anita Shreve

lovemisunderstanding

One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have—people aren't all one thing or another. Sometimes they hurt you, but that doesn't mean they're bad.

Anita Shreve

peoplecomplexity

I think you carry it with you all the time, even when you're not thinking about it.

Anita Shreve

emotional baggageimpact

When you have a child, your life is no longer completely your own.

Anita Shreve

parenthoodresponsibility