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Anita Shreve is an American author known for her emotionally rich and skillfully narrated works, primarily focusing on themes of family, love, and women's growth.

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All Thinking Ifs Knows Love Is Persons Wells Sometimes Body Causes Enough Giving Happens Might Possibility Seems Struggle Thousand Way Action Breaths

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

Struggle Possibility Infinite Endure Capture Infinite Possibilities

Book:The Last Time They Met

Source: The Last Time They Met

“The weight of his losses finally too much to bear. But not before he has known the unforgiving light of the equator, a love that exists only in his imagination, and the enduring struggle to capture in words the infinite possibilities of a life not lived.”

Light Imagination Loss Known Struggle Too Much Possibility Bears Weight Infinite Endure Capture Infinite Possibilities Unforgiving Equator His Loss

Book:The Last Time They Met

Source: The Last Time They Met

“Sometimes it seems to me that all of life is a struggle to contain the natural impulses of the body and spirit, and that what we call character represents only the degree to which we are successful in this endeavor.”

Sometimes Character Body Seems Life Is Spirit Natural Struggle Successful Degrees Impulse Endeavor Life Is A Struggle

Book:All He Ever Wanted: A Novel

Source: All He Ever Wanted: A Novel

About the Author

Born: October 7, 1946
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 50

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