Anita Shreve Quotes

A collection of quotes by Anita Shreve.

Anita Shreve (1946-2018) was an American author known for her compelling and emotionally charged novels. Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Shreve graduated from Tufts University and began her career as a high school teacher. She later transitioned to journalism, working for various publications including The New York Times. Shreve published her first novel, "Eden Close," in 1989, and went on to write numerous bestsellers such as "The Pilot's Wife" and "The Weight of Water." Her works often explored themes of love, loss, and the complexities of human relationships. Sadly, Anita Shreve passed away in 2018, leaving behind a rich literary legacy.

And she thought then how strange it was that disaster--the s

And she thought then how strange it was that disaster--the sort of disaster that drained the blood from your body and took the air out of your lungs and hit you again and again in the face--could be at times, such a thing of beauty.

Beauty Disaster

Altogether, Olympia thinks the sight of herself satisfactory

Altogether, Olympia thinks the sight of herself satisfactory, but not beautiful: a smile is missing, a certain light about the eyes. For how very different a woman will look when she has happiness, Olympia knows, when her beauty emanates from a sense of well-being or from knowing herself to be greatly loved. Even a plain woman will attract the eye if she is happy, while the most elaborately coiffed and bejeweled woman in a room, if she cannot summon contentment, will seem to be merely decorative.

Happiness Beauty

The things that don't happen to us that we'll never know did

The things that don't happen to us that we'll never know didn't happen to us. The nonstories. The extra minute to find the briefcase that makes you late to the spot where a tractor trailer mauled another car instead of yours. The woman you didn't meet because she couldn't get a taxi to the party you had to leave early from. All of life is a series of nonstories if you look at it that way. We just don't know what they are.

Life Irony

That I have no right to be jealous is irrelevant. It is a hu

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

Love Jealousy Relationships