Quotes from bookSnow Falling on Cedars

Snow Falling on Cedars is a 1994 award-winning novel written by American writer David Guterson. Guterson, who was a teacher at the time, wrote the book in the early morning hours over a ten-year period. Because of the success of the novel, however, he quit his job and began to write full-time.
“Accident ruled every corner of the universe except the chambers of the human heart.”
David Guterson book Snow Falling on Cedars
Source: Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), Ch. 32, last page.
“That the world was silent and cold and bare and that in this lay its terrible beauty”
David Guterson book Snow Falling on Cedars
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“The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. He just couldn't find a way to do it.”
David Guterson book Snow Falling on Cedars
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