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title: "1 Evening Stars Quotes By Kristin Hannah"
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> [“A dark purple sky filled with the first few evening stars made her feel small. She smiled; that was what she expected from the sky. All her life, she'd gone out at night and stood beneath that blue velvet darkness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/a-dark-purple-sky-filled-with-the-first-few-evening-stars-made-her/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

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## More by Kristin Hannah

> [She still felt shell-shocked by all of it, numb. Beneath the numbness, though, was a raw and terrible anger that was unlike anything she'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/she-still-felt-shell-shocked-by-all-of-it-numb-beneath-the-numbness/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [“Terrible beautiful combination of happiness and pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/terrible-beautiful-combination-of-happiness-and-pain/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [She waited for you in a thousand different ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/she-waited-for-you-in-a-thousand-different-ways/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [“Antoine took her in his arms. The scent of jasmine was intoxicating, and she knew suddenly, certainly, that from now on, whenever she smelled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/antoine-took-her-in-his-arms-the-scent-of-jasmine-was-intoxicating/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [what shall we drink to?" "How about family?" Stacy said, showing up just in time to pour a fourth shot. "To those who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/what-shall-we-drink-to-how-about-family-stacy-said-showing-up-just-in/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/he-is-a-man-and-he-is-afraid-this-is-not-a-good-combination/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [Goddamn, sometimes it hurt to be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/goddamn-sometimes-it-hurt-to-be-free/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [“I was not good at the whole making-death-a-positive-transition thing. How could I? I wanted her to fight to the last breath. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/i-was-not-good-at-the-whole-making-death-a-positive-transition-thing/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [“Kate heard the bravado in her friend’s voice and saw it in her eyes. “I prayed for you.” “You did?” Tully asked. “Wow. Thanks.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/kate-heard-the-bravado-in-her-friend-s-voice-and-saw-it-in-her-eyes-i/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/the-trip-from-portland-to-new-york-city-was-like-climbing-mount/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [“So now books were her only friends. She'd read Lord of the Rings so often she could recite whole scenes by memory. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/so-now-books-were-her-only-friends-she-d-read-lord-of-the-rings-so/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [She used to tell me that she couldn't feel the sunlight anymore, not even when she was standing in it, not even when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/she-used-to-tell-me-that-she-couldn-t-feel-the-sunlight-anymore-not/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [“Tragedy was like that, a razor that sliced through time, severing the now from the before, incising the what-might-have-been from reality as cleanly as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/tragedy-was-like-that-a-razor-that-sliced-through-time-severing-the/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [“I want to imagine there will be peace when I am gone, that I will see all of the people I have loved and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/i-want-to-imagine-there-will-be-peace-when-i-am-gone-that-i-will-see/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

> [What good did it do to light the world on fire if she had to watch the glow alone?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/what-good-did-it-do-to-light-the-world-on-fire-if-she-had-to-watch/)

[Kristin Hannah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-hannah/)

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