Quotes from Kristin Hannah

Maybe under the bridge at Deception Pass.

Važno je ono što jesi, ljudi koje nosiš u srcu i s kojima ostaješ zauvijek, a naro?ito u teškim vremenima.

could change how I feel about you? Really, Mom?

A veces ser una buena amiga pasa por no decir nada. —¿Se supone que tengo que dejar que se equivoque? —A veces sí. Y luego recoges los pedazos.

Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.

She stood in the hallway, watching him walk away from her. Near the end of the corridor, he merged into the white-clad

En el amor descubrimos quiénes queremos ser. En la guerra descubrimos quiénes somos en realidad.

Learn to be happy with real life. Throw away your silly romantic novels.

became a mother that she knew now: it was only possible to live without love when you'd never known it.

If Michael wanted his wife back—and he did—he was going to have to fight for her. And it wouldn't be pretty.

my tongue." "Do more

She was so tired of begging people to love her.

El miedo no era lo importante en la vida. Lo importante eran las elecciones que hacías cuando estabas asustada. Una era valiente debido al miedo, no a pesar de él.

Best friends fight. They lose sight of what matters.

Men. They always thought everything was about them. But women could stand up for their rights, too; women could hold picket signs and stop the means of production as well as men.

She couldn't stand how dark and ugly her thoughts were, how bottomless her anger and grief.

They both knew better. It was something to be ashamed of. Americans weren't supposed to take handouts from the government. They were supposed to work hard and succeed on their own.

Mejores amigas para siempre. Era la promesa que se habían hecho muchos años atrás creyendo que duraría. Se imaginaban algún día convertidas en dos mujeres mayores sentadas en mecedoras en un porche de madera desvencijado hablando entre risas de los buenos tiempos.

I am trussed up like a chicken for roasting. I know these modern seat belts are a good thing, but they make me feel claustrophobic. I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger [Oregon Coast, 1995, Chapter 14].

I'm sorry you had to find out about Dad, but maybe it'll help. We're human, Ruby. All of us. Just human.

She knew how dangerous escape could be. Survival took grit and courage and effort. It was too easy to give in.

There was a pain that came with constant disapproval; a sense of having lost something unnamed, unknown. Elsa had survived it by being quiet, by not demanding or seeking attention, by accepting that she was loved, but unliked. The hurt had become so commonplace, she rarely noticed it.

Let's sleep a little longer if we can.

Tonight, later, she would write about her constant fear, how it strangled her all the time and the constant effort it took not to show it to her children.