Quotes from Kristin Hannah

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

It is easy to disappear when no one is looking at you.

Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing.

A warrior believes in an end she can't see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me.

One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.

You're not alone, and you're not the one in charge," Mother said gently. "Ask for help when you need it, and give help when you can. I think that is how we serve God—and each other and ourselves—in times as dark as these.

Tante Isabelle says it's better to be bold than meek. She says if you jump off a cliff at least you'll fly before you fall.

But when he looked at her—and she looked at him—they both knew that there was something worse than kissing the wrong person. It was wanting to.

In love we find out who we want to be, in war we find out who we are.

You are my sunlight in the dark and the ground beneath my feet.

It is not biology that determines fatherhood. It is love.

Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.

What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.

One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.

The at-home mother's life: it was a race with no finish line.

If she wasn't careful, she'd slide without a ripple into the gently flowing stream of her old life, pulled back under the current without a wimper of protest. Another housewife lost in the flow.

From the first time we met, we knew everything that mattered about each other, didn't we? We just knew. I guess that's what best friends are: parts of each other.

In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than all that had been lost.

Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.

I might screw up, I might embarrass you, I might yell at you, but I will never, ever stop loving you. You're my first born. The first time I held you... I fell in love so hard it cracked my bones.

Some stories don't have happy endings. Even love stories. Maybe especially love stories.

It occurred to her suddenly, sharply, that she wanted to be in love... She wanted not to feel so damned alone in the world.

Nobody's strong enough to be a parent. We just do it, blindly, going forward on faith and love and hope. That's all it is...Being afraid...and going on.

Of course you can fall in love. You just have to let yourself. They don't call it falling for nothing. -Kate