“ Girls like you can't understand," Julia said, and it was true. Ellie had been popular. She didn't know that some hurts were like a once-broken bone. In the right weather, they could ache for a lifetim… Kristin Hannah
“ The next morning, Angie woke with the sun...Her eyes felt gritty and swollen.Once again she'd watered her mattress with memories. Kristin Hannah
“ Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future. Kristin Hannah
“ It isn’t about being at the same school or the same town or even the same room. It’s about being together. Love is a choice you make. Kristin Hannah
“ He'd learned in the past few months that telling a girl what to wear--even one the size of a golf club--was a bad idea. Histrionics often followed. Kristin Hannah
“ Fifteen minutes later, Betsy came thundering down the stairs. "I'm going to the mall with Sierra to see a movie."Michael leaned forward, switched off the television. "Can you please rephrase that in t… Kristin Hannah
“ It is a kiss that, once begun, never really ends. Interrupted, yes. Paused, certainly. But from that very moment onward, Vera sees the whole of her life as only a breath away from kissing him again. O… Kristin Hannah
“ Memories are who we are, Tul. In the end, that’s all the luggage you take with you. Love and memories are what last. Kristin Hannah
“ Those are exactly the kind of memories I try to avoid, but they're like abestos: invisible and deadly. You need special gear to get rid of them. Kristin Hannah
“ The measure of a man comes down to moments, spread out like dots of pain on the canvas on life. Everything you were, everything you'll someday be, resides in the small, seemingly ordinary choices of e… Kristin Hannah
“ It had been years since she question his fidelity, but he'd stepped on to the old fame track again, and that was where the road had taken them before. Infidelity could be forgiven, but forgetting it w… Kristin Hannah
“ She hadn't realized how much she'd needed a dream, but it had transformed her, changed her from poor motherless and abandoned Tully to a girl poised to take on the world. The goal made her life story… Kristin Hannah
“ The trip from Portland to New York City was like climbing Mount Everest without oxygen. It went on and on, and by the time you reached your destination, there was no sensation left in your extremities… Kristin Hannah
“ It’s better to be bold than meek.If you jump off a cliff at least you’llfly before you fall Kristin Hannah
“ This time I really am going to light the world on fire,' she said, laughing. 'I finally have a fucking match. Kristin Hannah
“ The falling apart of a man's life should make more noise. It should startle passesrby with its Sturm and Drang. It ought to sound like the Parthenon crashing down. Not this ordinary, everyday kind of… Kristin Hannah
“ Even as she listened to murmurs of support, she heard the relief in other people’s voices, the immense gratitude that it wasn’t their child who had died. She heard I’m so sorry until she despised thos… Kristin Hannah
