Quotes from Kristin Hannah

A Nightingale in my own way.

France has surrendered, Isabelle. Certainly this fact has not escape you. Didn't you hear General de Gaulle? He said ... And who is this General de Gaulle? Why should we listen to him? Marechal Petain is a war hero and our leader. We have to trust our government. Are you joking, Vianne? The government in Vichy is collaborating with Hitler. How can you not understand this danger? Petain is wrong. Does one follow a leader blindly?

With all the risks they were taking, love was probably the most dangerous choice of all. Or maybe she was wrong, and he wasn't here, had never been here, watching her, waiting for her. Maybe she was just a silly girl longing for a man who didn't want her, standing alone in an empty street.

Now she knew there were a hundred ways to be lost and even more ways to be found

don't believe in love. Or marriage.

Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it.

Americans. They didn't listen.

patriotism is not enough.

hard times don't last.

Here was a flash Ã¢â'¬Â¦ a glimpse of the future that was slowly being lost. The family they could have become. She stared up at Jack. "God, what a life we could have had." He leaned closer, still holding Ant, and kissed her on the lips, stayed there long enough that she tasted his tears. She lifted a hand, pressed her palm to his cheek so he could feel her touch one last time. "Take them home for me," she whispered against his lips.

Lord knows I understand how grief and love can break you.

Heartache had been a part of her life so long it had become as familiar as the color of her hair or the slight curve in her spine.

I don't reckon I'll ever get milk in my breasts." Once, Elsa would have said, God will provide, and she would have believed it, but her faith had hit the same hard times that had struck the country. Now, the only help women had was each other. "I'll be here for you," Elsa said, then added, "Maybe that's how God provides. He put me in your path and you in mine.

One of the best ways to disappear in plain sight was to dress like a wren - brown, brown, and more brown.

Consciousness brought pain.

about drinks at nine?

Lasa-le deoparte pe toate celelalte . Aminteste-ti doar iubirea noastra.

she'd hear in France. Surrender. Isabelle hobbled out of the room on her bloody feet and went into the backyard, needing air suddenly, unable to draw a decent breath. Surrender. France. To Hitler. "It must be for the best

damage the earth is to damage your children. —WENDELL BERRY, FARMER AND POET

Perhaps I am as mad and impetuous as they say.

Snow is a poor substitute for soil

Jews. Communists. Homosexuals. Freemasons. Jehovah's Witnesses. Do you know these people?

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

Amintirile sunt tot ceea ce ne ramane la final.