“ Liam learned that it was possible to appear to move forward when you were really standing still. Kristin Hannah
“ She remembered how it had felt and tasted, that slowly descending depression, like a thick glass jar that closed around you, sucking away the air you needed to breathe, creating a barrier between you… Kristin Hannah
“ My skin has the crinkled appearance of wax paper that someone has tried to flatten and reuse. My eyes fail me often—in the darkness, when headlights flash, when rain falls. It is unnerving, this new u… Kristin Hannah
“ Angie: "How do I pitch these ideas to her?"Mira: "From a distance, preferably wearing body armor. Kristin Hannah
“ She should have told me that times slides away on a hillside of lose shale and takes everything in its path-dreams, opportunities, hopes. And youth. It takes that fastest of all. Kristin Hannah
“ Vianne knelt down beside Sarah, she felt for a pulse and found none. The silence turned sour, thick; all Vianne could think about was the sound of this child's laughter and how empty the world would b… Kristin Hannah
“ A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones. Kristin Hannah
“ I am like some wounded animal in a darkened lair, nursing the thorn in my paw, unable to find anyone to take it out. Kristin Hannah
“ ...This fear was unbearable. It unwrapped who she was, as neatly as he'd unwound her bandage, leaving too much pain and ugliness exposed.Nerve endings; he'd said they were the problem [causing phantom… Kristin Hannah
“ Alice started to cry. It came with no sound, no shuddering, no childlike hysterics, just a soul-deep release that turned into moisture and dripped down her puffy pink cheeks. She touched her tears, fr… Kristin Hannah
“ Hey, Meg," she said without preamble. I need you to write a letter of recommendation for me. I'm applying for grad sc Kristin Hannah
“ We are all changed by this war, Soph. Daniel is your brother now that Rachel is ... gone. Truly your brother. And this baby, he or she is innocent of ... his or her creation.''It's hard to forget,' sh… Kristin Hannah
“ She had tried to be loved by him; more important, she had tried to keep loving him, but in the end, one was impossible as the other. Kristin Hannah
“ Vietnam...war...it did something to us. Or maybe not. Maybe the bad seeds were always in me, and war gave them a dark place in which to grow. Kristin Hannah
