Quotes from Kristin Hannah

My life. It's enough.

I am thinking of how it will feel when he leaves, and I am sure the same thought occupies his mind. With a sigh, he reaches into his briefcase and pulls out a stack of envelopes. The sigh is in place of words, a breath of transition. In it, I hear that moment where I go from one life to another. In this new, pared-down version of my life, I am to be cared for by my son instead of vice versa.

God help anyone who tries to stop her.

When she was little, Elizabeth had often cried when her mama's favorite flowers wilted and died. Now, though, as a woman full grown, she understood the importance of rest. It was the very bleakness of winter that made spring possible.

Vianne knew about the kind of talon grief that wouldn't let go; she had fallen into the fathomless gray that warped a mind and made a mother keep holding on long after hope was gone.

Tomorrow felt as ephemeral as a kiss in the dark.

What will we be without him?" Meredith whispered, clinging to her. "Less," was all Nina could think of to say.

Magic, to be its best, must be unexpected.

Help. It was what women did for one another, even when there was no way to accomplish it.

How long could hungry, homeless, starving people stand up for an idea?

People who have lost themselves in the dark woods of ordinary life, who have been betrayed by loved ones and forgotten how to be led by dreams.

This is hardly a time for gentler pursuits.

The words "I love you" burned in her, desperate to be given voice. BUt even more, she wanted to hear the words, to be told, just once, that she was loved.

You were supposed to be safe in your own home, with your parents. They were supposed to protect you from the dangers outside.

Had she learned nothing in life? People left. She knew that. They especially left her.

With him, she'd learned to sleep through the night, breathing peacefully, dreaming only of her bright future, and because he'd loved her, she'd slept well in her own bed, too, on their nights apart, comforted by the knowledge that she could go to him anytime.

Inside, the house echoed the voice of a man who wasn't there.

He thinks one's life can be distilled to a narrative that has a beginning and an end. He knows nothing about the kind of sacrifice that, once made, can never be either fully forgotten or fully borne.

She has tried to go on alone. Really tried. She is trying still, in her way, but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.

Welcome to parenting. It's not a job, it's an adventure.

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.

hammers falling

I let the bad times overwhelm me, and I ran. It wasn't until I'd gone too far to turn back that I remembered how much I loved your father, and by then it was too late. For all these years, I've been left wondering, 'What if?' " What if?

I feel Ã¢â'¬Â¦ undone by this