Lisa Lueddecke > Quotes

“There was a solace in a snow-laden forest wrapped in night found nowhere else, a loneliness that made me better acquainted with myself.”
― Lisa Lueddecke, A Shiver of Snow and Sky

“Fear is a beast that haunts darkest of nights
And swallows our minds one by one
But hope is a light that takes root in the heart
And can grow to be strong as the sun”
― Lisa Lueddecke, A Shiver of Snow and Sky

“There was a place in this world for the daydreamers and the souls who dared to believe in the things they couldn’t see. For those who believed that stories were more than just words that froze in the air.”
― Lisa Lueddecke, A Shiver of Snow and Sky

“Bright is the moon on a cold winter's night", my grandfather once said. "And bright are the bones it illuminates." It was a warning I had never forgotten.
And yet.
I could face their anger later, but tonight, I wanted to dance with a north wind and run with a wild river that rushed off to distant shores. Tonight, the north was calling.”
― Lisa Lueddecke, A Storm of Ice and Stars

“It was like she'd forgotten that it was my mother who'd died too. As if, because I'd never really known her, I had no right to mourn her loss. As if I didn't already feel guilty every day that I live and breathed and my mother didn't”
― Lisa Lueddecke, A Shiver of Snow and Sky

“Green, green, the lights glow green
Happy is our gracious queen
Blue, blue the lights glow blue
A vicious storm nearby does brew
Red, red the lights glow red
Beware the dangers up ahead.”
― Lisa Lueddecke, A Storm of Ice and Stars

“Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night”
― Lisa Lueddecke, A Shiver of Snow and Sky

“It's the weak ones who fall, Anneka. It's the frail who succumb. I won't let you be weak. I won't watch you fall. It's not in my blood and I wont let it be in yours”
― Lisa Lueddecke, A Shiver of Snow and Sky