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> [That was the one thing she knew now. Some chances came and went, and if you missed them, you could spend the rest of your life standing alone, waiting for an opportunity that had already passed you by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-hannah/that-was-the-one-thing-she-knew-now-some-chances-came-and-went-and-if/)

[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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