The Lake Quotes

“A book can tell you all the emotions and subtext that are so rarely aptly portrayed in film. You understand the nuances of each character. You breathe every breath with them and cry every tear.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“Sometimes I wish I could sleep forever, but that would mean dreaming forever…and I just can’t risk that.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“Avid readers are a breed of their own, and we’re often accused of being heady. I don’t care. I love books and can devour one in a whole day if I’m allowed.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“tender. Claire seems to be the gentle voice of reason. “We’ve already been through this with them, Luke. They”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“Gram and Gramps never spoke of them either. I guess that bridge got burned, too. Hell, Gram probably poured the gasoline and lit the match herself!”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“They were structured, but let me do almost anything I wanted. I don’t mean I was allowed to stay up until three in the morning. I mean that whatever I wanted to do or try, they let me. It was great because it made me feel like they loved me enough to understand I was my own person. It was terrible at the same time because sometimes, after I failed miserably, I wished they would have shown some parental insight and protected me from getting hurt. But…they were always there to celebrate or pick up the pieces.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“I always prefer fiction. Anything else feels like homework.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“There’s something about a bookstore that is so calming. It’s a place where I feel like I belong, like everyone there is part of a special family or fraternity that other people don’t understand. Avid readers are a breed of their own, and we’re often accused of being heady. I don’t care. I love books and can devour one in a whole day if I’m allowed.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“I guess just because you're family doesn't mean you have to be friends.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“around and then leave through the front door, never looking back. I walk”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“With all the arrangements that had to be made, we’ve had very little social conversation in the 48 hours since Luke and Claire”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“Gramps”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“So far my uncle and aunt, Luke and Claire, have shown me more kindnesses in the last 24 hours than my grandmother did in the two years I lived with them before she died. They remind me of my parents in this, which fills me with more excitement than I know how to express.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“Avid readers are a breed of their own, and we’re often accused of being heady. I don’t care. I love books and can devour one in a whole day if I’m allowed. Claire”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“have to make myself leave before I find a book and a corner and am never seen again. I”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“There’s something about a bookstore that is so calming.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“for”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“book can tell you all the emotions and subtext that are so rarely aptly portrayed in film. You understand the nuances of each character. You breathe every breath with them and cry every tear.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“There must have been a similar falling out with Luke, too, because as far as I know he didn’t talk to anyone in the family either. Dad never spoke of Luke, and never explained why he and his brother didn’t talk. I guess just because you’re family doesn’t mean you have to be friends. Gram and Gramps never spoke of them either. I guess that bridge got burned, too. Hell, Gram probably poured the gasoline and lit the match herself! But I like them. I don’t care what happened between Luke and my dad or grandparents. That was their business, not mine. All I know is that my gut tells me I’m headed into a life with a real family and I’m not going to do anything to mess that up. When”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“put the book down with her words echoing in my head. I know how she feels because I’m the one who stayed. Mom. Dad. Gram. Gramps. They all left me. I understand her loneliness. You can be strong but sometimes the loneliness is so overwhelming that you don’t know if you’ll be able to take another breath. The pain in your heart is so excruciating that it can’t help but spread to your stomach, eventually overtaking every fiber of your being. You cry until you’re sure you’ve dehydrated yourself, so you compensate. You throw yourself into mind numbing activities where you don’t have to think about anything. You find an escape, a way for you to be fully present somewhere your loneliness doesn’t exist. But for Clare, at least she has some hope that Henry will return. He isn’t gone forever. He will literally always be somewhere in time.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“tenacious”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“and subtext that are so rarely aptly portrayed in film. You understand the nuances of each character. You breathe every breath with them and cry every tear.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“fiction.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“Claire explains awkwardly.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“It’s a Kindle Reader.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“boy- or girlfriend.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“be here. What’s”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“Will gently brushes the hair out of my face. “Layla, you can cry, laugh, scream at the top of your lungs, or sit silently with me anytime. If you need to cry, I’m going to catch every tear, and I promise to do my best to never be the cause of a single one.”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“They crumble and fall apart and there’s no”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake

“lay of the land before I set foot onto the battleground. Claire”
― AnnaLisa Grant, The Lake