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> [“The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/the-snow-lay-thin-and-apologetic-over-the-world/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

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> [The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world. That wide grey sweep was the lawn, with the straggling trees of the orchard still dark beyond; the white squares were the roofs of the garage, the old barn, the rabbit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/the-snow-lay-thin-and-apologetic-over-the-world-that-wide-grey-sweep/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

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## More by Susan Cooper

> [“Still in the black hemisphere the stars blazed and slowly wheeled; beneath them, Will felt so infinitesimally small that it seemed impossible he should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/still-in-the-black-hemisphere-the-stars-blazed-and-slowly-wheeled/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [The future cannot blame the present, just as the present cannot blame the past. The hope is always here, always alive, but only your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/the-future-cannot-blame-the-present-just-as-the-present-cannot-blame/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“He was tall, and straight, with a lot of very thick, wild, white hair. In his grim brown face the nose curved fiercely, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/he-was-tall-and-straight-with-a-lot-of-very-thick-wild-white-hair-in/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“The snow lay thin and apologetic over the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/the-snow-lay-thin-and-apologetic-over-the-world/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/but-those-men-who-know-anything-at-all-about-the-light-also-know-that/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“On the day of the dead, when the year too dies, Must the youngest open the oldest hills Through the door of the birds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/on-the-day-of-the-dead-when-the-year-too-dies-must-the-youngest-open/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“If you are concerned for the future of our civilization, there is no more cheering sight than a boy or girl who is lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/if-you-are-concerned-for-the-future-of-our-civilization-there-is-no/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“When the dark comes rising, six shall turn it back; Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/when-the-dark-comes-rising-six-shall-turn-it-back-three-from-the/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“Trance is fragile.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/trance-is-fragile/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“Somewhere in Barney's mind, as a spark flickers and finds tinder and blazes up into a flame, a small light of resentment flared suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/somewhere-in-barney-s-mind-as-a-spark-flickers-and-finds-tinder-and/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“The Herdsman passed, nodding, the bright star Arcturus at his knee; the Bull roared by, bearing the great sun Aldebaran and the small group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/the-herdsman-passed-nodding-the-bright-star-arcturus-at-his-knee-the/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [Will picked a single blossom from a gorse bush beside him; it shone bright yellow on his grubby hand. "People are very complicated," he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/will-picked-a-single-blossom-from-a-gorse-bush-beside-him-it-shone/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“It says, loving doesn't change just because someone isn't there, or because time gets in the way, or even death. It's always with you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/it-says-loving-doesn-t-change-just-because-someone-isn-t-there-or/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“Now especially since man has the strength to destroy the world, it is the responsibility of man to keep it alive, in all its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/now-especially-since-man-has-the-strength-to-destroy-the-world-it-is/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

> [“Great-Uncle Merry, coming back towards the car from the Grey House, had suddenly stopped in his tracks in the middle of the road. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cooper/great-uncle-merry-coming-back-towards-the-car-from-the-grey-house-had/)

[Susan Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cooper/)

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