“Silence can always be broken by the sound Of footsteps walking over frozen groundIn winter when the melancholy treesStand abject and let their branches freeze”

“If the root is holy, the branches shall be holy.”

“Do the roots reveal everything to the branches, or do they keep what is painful to themselves?”

“The branches do not support the root. But the root supports the branches.”

“When you're frozen in time, nothing else really seems to matter.”

“Please thaw my permafrost heart.”

“I will lose the habit of stars in the heavens, as frozen water loses the habit of snowflakes. I will take my frozen body, and give it to the young goats that they might graze it.”

“I guess I was lucky I didn't drown, or smother in the thick, black, icy mud that the river left behind in its slow withdrawal back within its banks.I didn't feel lucky.When I regained consciousness...”

“Love you always, miss you always... running day and night, leaving the place of sun and moon, of ice and snow.Never look back, never forget.”

“The scenes in 'The Virgin Suicides' where Elle Fanning is ice skating are really amazing.”