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Anita Shreve quotes: I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on the books than on me.

I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on the books than on me.

Anita Shreve quotes: The warmth of him always, even on the coldest of nights, as though his inner furnace burned extravagantly.

The warmth of him always, even on the coldest of nights, as though his inner furnace burned extravagantly.

Anita Shreve quotes: She thinks of all that will have to be done to dismantle a life.

She thinks of all that will have to be done to dismantle a life.

Anita Shreve quotes: It is time that determines the intensity of love.

It is time that determines the intensity of love.

Anita Shreve quotes: The enduring struggle to capture in words the infinite possibilities of a life not lived.

The enduring struggle to capture in words the infinite possibilities of a life not lived.

Anita Shreve quotes: One day a man has a job, and life is full of possibilities. The next day the job and the car are gone, and the man cannot look his wife

One day a man has a job, and life is full of possibilities. The next day the job and the car are gone, and the man cannot look his wife in the eye.

Anita Shreve quotes: A single action can cause a life to veer off in a direction it was never meant to go.

A single action can cause a life to veer off in a direction it was never meant to go.

Anita Shreve quotes: I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I can make it.

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I can make it.

Anita Shreve quotes: Among other things, Kathryn knew, grief was physically exhausting.

Among other things, Kathryn knew, grief was physically exhausting.

Anita Shreve quotes: Her pace is furious as she walks along the beach, the surf competing with the noise in her head.

Her pace is furious as she walks along the beach, the surf competing with the noise in her head.

Anita Shreve quotes: It's a wonder any of us make it.

It's a wonder any of us make it.

Anita Shreve quotes: I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

Anita Shreve quotes: Are we, as we age, I wonder, repaid for all our thoughtless gestures

Are we, as we age, I wonder, repaid for all our thoughtless gestures

Anita Shreve quotes: As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences.

As a novelist, I remain interested in the notion of a single reckless act and its consequences.

Anita Shreve quotes: Everyday, there are choices to make and sometimes you make a selfish one.

Everyday, there are choices to make and sometimes you make a selfish one.

Anita Shreve quotes: All the picketers look bored and hot and like they

All the picketers look bored and hot and like they

Anita Shreve quotes: I start writing at 7.30 A.M. and write till noon. I've never written a single word after 5.00 P.M.

I start writing at 7.30 A.M. and write till noon. I've never written a single word after 5.00 P.M.

Anita Shreve quotes: Children don't heal as well.. they change.. they mutate with disaster and make accomodations.

Children don't heal as well.. they change.. they mutate with disaster and make accomodations.

Anita Shreve quotes: Voltage crossed the distance between Sheila and Webster. A current composed of anger and remorse and something else-the last flicker of attraction

Voltage crossed the distance between Sheila and Webster. A current composed of anger and remorse and something else-the last flicker of attraction

Anita Shreve quotes: Good shoveling - and then I walk

Good shoveling - and then I walk

Anita Shreve quotes: I think about the hurt that stories cannot ease, not with a thousand tellings.

I think about the hurt that stories cannot ease, not with a thousand tellings.

Anita Shreve quotes: If you suspect a problem, there is a problem. Don't let them get away with even the very first lie. Be vigilant.

If you suspect a problem, there is a problem. Don't let them get away with even the very first lie. Be vigilant.

Anita Shreve quotes: Each house has its own signature, unknown to all except the grown children who go back to visit.

Each house has its own signature, unknown to all except the grown children who go back to visit.

Anita Shreve quotes: The view, though. The view. It is undeniably exhilarating.

The view, though. The view. It is undeniably exhilarating.

Anita Shreve quotes: I worried constantly. I felt that my son was chipping away at me. This small thing and then that small thing.

I worried constantly. I felt that my son was chipping away at me. This small thing and then that small thing.

Anita Shreve quotes: And though her husband will appear to come alive, she knows that it is lust - too quickly ignited and too quickly extinguished - that animates him.

And though her husband will appear to come alive, she knows that it is lust - too quickly ignited and too quickly extinguished - that animates him.

Anita Shreve quotes: Something inside me squeezes up tight like a sponge that is being wrung out

Something inside me squeezes up tight like a sponge that is being wrung out

Anita Shreve quotes: To be relieved of love, she thought, was to give up a terrible burden.

To be relieved of love, she thought, was to give up a terrible burden.

Anita Shreve quotes: Were you frightened?One gets tired of being frightened, wouldn't you agree?

Were you frightened?
One gets tired of being frightened, wouldn't you agree?

Anita Shreve quotes: And so a person can never promise to love someone forever because you never know what might come up, what terrible thing the person you love might do.

And so a person can never promise to love someone forever because you never know what might come up, what terrible thing the person you love might do.

Anita Shreve quotes: That I have no right to be jealous is irrelevant. It is a human passion: the sick, white underbelly of love.

That I have no right to be jealous is irrelevant. It is a human passion: the sick, white underbelly of love.

Anita Shreve quotes: The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist.

The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist.

Anita Shreve quotes: I have always been faithful to you if faithful means the experience against which everything else has been measured.

I have always been faithful to you if faithful means the experience against which everything else has been measured.

Anita Shreve quotes: Love is ... something extraordinary that happens to ordinary people.

Love is ... something extraordinary that happens to ordinary people.

Anita Shreve quotes: Poverty, her mother has written, makes you clever, and Honora knows that this is true.

Poverty, her mother has written, makes you clever, and Honora knows that this is true.

Anita Shreve quotes: She's a good person to hug, because her body fills up all the empty spaces.

She's a good person to hug, because her body fills up all the empty spaces.

Anita Shreve quotes: But how do you ever know that you know a person?

But how do you ever know that you know a person?

Anita Shreve quotes: You reap what you sow.

You reap what you sow.

Anita Shreve quotes: If one has a good reputation and trusted, the rules can be bent to accommodate.

If one has a good reputation and trusted, the rules can be bent to accommodate.

Anita Shreve quotes: Schoolboy, a teenager, with a teenager's innocence and

Schoolboy, a teenager, with a teenager's innocence and

Anita Shreve quotes: The lying started in the eighth grade. Possibly it had begun earlier, and I simply hadn't noticed.

The lying started in the eighth grade. Possibly it had begun earlier, and I simply hadn't noticed.

Anita Shreve quotes: There are more experiences in life than you'd think for which there are no words.

There are more experiences in life than you'd think for which there are no words.

Anita Shreve quotes: -Do you recognize suffering? -I hope I do. -Injustice? -Again, I hope I would. -Then you are a political man.

-Do you recognize suffering? -I hope I do. -Injustice? -Again, I hope I would. -Then you are a political man.

Anita Shreve quotes: Is imagination dependent upon experience, or is experience influenced by imagination?

Is imagination dependent upon experience, or is experience influenced by imagination?

Anita Shreve quotes: I thought about how one tiny decision can change a life. A decision that takes only a split second to make.

I thought about how one tiny decision can change a life. A decision that takes only a split second to make.

Anita Shreve quotes: And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room.

And then she moved from shock to grief the way she might enter another room.

Anita Shreve quotes: I wonder this: If you take a woman and push her to the edge, how will she behave?

I wonder this: If you take a woman and push her to the edge, how will she behave?

Anita Shreve quotes: Like many readers, I am continually in search of books that allow me to lose myself in an entirely unique universe.

Like many readers, I am continually in search of books that allow me to lose myself in an entirely unique universe.

Anita Shreve quotes: Once you tell your first lie, the first time you lie for him, you are in it with him, and then you are lost.

Once you tell your first lie, the first time you lie for him, you are in it with him, and then you are lost.

Anita Shreve quotes: I guess that's the point of drinking, to take all the feelings and thoughts and morals away until you are just a body doing what a body will do.

I guess that's the point of drinking, to take all the feelings and thoughts and morals away until you are just a body doing what a body will do.

Anita Shreve quotes: To leave, after all, was not the same as being left.

To leave, after all, was not the same as being left.

Anita Shreve quotes: Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping.

Sometimes, she thought, courage was simply a matter of putting one foot in front of another and not stopping.

Anita Shreve quotes: Love is never as ferocious as when you think it's going to leave you.

Love is never as ferocious as when you think it's going to leave you.

Anita Shreve quotes: I loved him," Muire said. "We were in love." As if that were enough.

I loved him," Muire said. "We were in love." As if that were enough.