what shall we drink to?" "How about family?" Stacy said, showing up just in time to pour a fourth shot. "To those… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“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… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
She had been ready to love this man from the moment she first saw him. In all these years, that had never… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“When you grow up as I have, a lost girl without any real past, you latch on to the people who seem… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“Motherhood at times like this—most times—was about the steel in your spine, not the bend.” — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“There are always times in life that you don't fit in. But you have to go forward and make a place for… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
It was the Magic Hour, the moment in time when every leaf and blade of grass seemed to separate, when sunlight, burnished… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“When I met your father, it was magic. Not for him—not then—but for me. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, you can look into… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“Nina had spent a lot of time with injured or dying people, standing witness, revealing universal pain through individual suffering.” — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“For the first time in his life, he was going to be a goddamn hero.” — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“I love you, Mommy,” Marah said. To the world at large, perhaps this was an ordinary moment in an ordinary day, but… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
Marriages go through hard times. Sometimes you have to get in there and fight for your love. That's the only way for… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“... allow me to be an old man for a moment and to remind a young girl who is used to being… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“Life keeps going. You think it'll stop, wait for you to be done crying, but it just keeps moving. Don't spend your… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“By the time this damn war's over, we'll have hundreds of thousands of severely traumatized soldiers trying to put the pieces of… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“Husbands were to be avoided in the pre-thirty years. There was always time for marriage and children; was the common refrain. You… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“You’re not alone, and you’re not the one in charge,” Mother said gently. “Ask for help when you need it, and give… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“The truth was that her photographs were an extension of who she was, what she thought, how she felt. It took perfect… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“This time I really am going to light the world on fire,' she said, laughing. 'I finally have a fucking match.” — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
The measure of a man comes down to moments, spread out like dots of pain on the canvas on life. Everything you… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“That’s the funny thing about writing your life story. You start out trying to remember dates and times and names. You think… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
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… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“Antoine took her in his arms. The scent of jasmine was intoxicating, and she knew suddenly, certainly, that from now on, whenever she smelled… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
what shall we drink to?" "How about family?" Stacy said, showing up just in time to pour a fourth shot. "To those who are… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“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… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“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.”… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“The trip from Portland to New York City was like climbing Mount Everest without oxygen. It went on and on, and by the time… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“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… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
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… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
