Quotes from Kristin Hannah

Hope is a coin I carry, given to me by a woman I will always love, and I hold it now as I journey west, part of a new generation of seekers. The first Martinelli to go to college. A girl.

Beni b?rakma, demek istedi ama yapamad?. Bir daha olmazd?. Ä°nsanlara onu sevmeleri için yalvarmaktan çok yorulmuÅŸtu.

They were lovers who didn't love each other, and that made talking easier.

Daylight expanded with each breath.

KeÅŸke geri gelseydi... KeÅŸke hiç gitmeseydi... Anlam?yor muydu? Ondan baÅŸka kimsesinin olmad???n? anlam?yor muydu? Onsuz bu dünyan?n ürkütücü, tuhaf, soÄŸuk, yaln?z ve boÅŸ bir yer olduÄŸunu anlam?yor muydu?

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

This will be a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Elsa felt tears rise up, overtake her. She cried as she hadn't cried since Rafe left her, cried until there was no moisture left inside of her, until she was as dry as the land they'd left behind.

In real life, she saw, it wasn't like that. It was sadness opening up inside of you, changing how you saw the world. It made her think about God and what He offered at times like this. She wondered for the first time what her parents believed in, what she believed in, and she saw how the idea of Heaven could be comforting.

Men tell stories," I say. It is the truest, simplest answer to his question. "Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over. Your sister was as desperate to forget it as I was. Maybe that was another mistake I made—letting her forget. Maybe we should have talked about it.

There's no why to trust. It either is or isn't. Will you trust me?

No hero would ever do this. But books were only a reflection of real life, not the thing itself.

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.

Some lives are not ours to hold on to;

Leni hadn't understood then. Now she did. She saw how love could be dangerous and beyond control. Ravenous. Leni had it in her to love the way her mother did. She knew that now.

In love we see who we want to be; in war we see who we are.

about the simple joy of seeing sunshine through clean glass, golden, pure as the gaze of God, and how it could lift one's spirit.

It was simply a matter of timing and perspective, what one saw.

Grief this deep was a silent, lonely thing.

You understand. I know you do. Your people are starving, dying. Thousands are homeless. They can't make enough money picking to survive. Help me convince them to strike for better wages. They'll listen to you.

Love could be more fragile than a sparrow's bone.

Geriye ne kalm??t? ki? Her 'merhaba', 'hoÅŸça kal' anlam?na geliyordu.

Folks who are from the wrong place, or have the wrong color skin, or speak the wrong language, or pray to the wrong God.

There's a river of sadness in me; it's always been there, but now it is rising, spilling over its banks. I know there's a possibility that if I'm not careful, it will become the biggest part of me and I will drown in it.