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> [My life wasn't always smooth sailing. Two members of my family were diagnosed with cancer, so I spent a lot of time in hospitals and giving home care. Several close friends died. I fell in love with the wrong person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/my-life-wasn-t-always-smooth-sailing-two-members-of-my-family-were/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

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## More by Hannah Tinti

> [“I’m so tired I forget who I am sometimes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/i-m-so-tired-i-forget-who-i-am-sometimes/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“Is that what you wanted to hear?" "No." The man reached over, took hold of the lantern and blew it out. Night enveloped the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/is-that-what-you-wanted-to-hear-no-the-man-reached-over-took-hold-of/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“Hawley reached over and took Lily's hand. He was always taking her hand. He felt better about things, just by holding her fingers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/hawley-reached-over-and-took-lily-s-hand-he-was-always-taking-her/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“It was like looking in a mirror. The same flickering hope in Loo, the same desperate need to be loved, was right here in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/it-was-like-looking-in-a-mirror-the-same-flickering-hope-in-loo-the/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“He said her name like it was something he'd already left behind. She could feel her heart twisting inside the walls of her chest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/he-said-her-name-like-it-was-something-he-d-already-left-behind-she/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“Love isn't about keeping promises. It's about knowing someone better than anyone else. I'm the only one who knows him. I'm the only one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/love-isn-t-about-keeping-promises-it-s-about-knowing-someone-better/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [Ben Miller's writing has left a trail of clear and perfect images lasered permanently in my mind. His imagination is astounding in its breadth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/ben-miller-s-writing-has-left-a-trail-of-clear-and-perfect-images/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“Something is making this happen, she'd thought. The whole world is alive and moving and I was meant to be here doing exactly this.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/something-is-making-this-happen-she-d-thought-the-whole-world-is/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“But when she turned at the entryway and looked back at him, he left the table and followed, as if she were a magnet,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/but-when-she-turned-at-the-entryway-and-looked-back-at-him-he-left/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“Changing where you were could change how much you mattered.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/changing-where-you-were-could-change-how-much-you-mattered/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“When death comes, she said, all that matters is this: to be next to one another. My mother was wearing a silk dress, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/when-death-comes-she-said-all-that-matters-is-this-to-be-next-to-one/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“...he tore at her clothing like he was searching for something she had stolen from him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/he-tore-at-her-clothing-like-he-was-searching-for-something-she-had/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [We notice a bee struggling inside a flower, or the smile of a woman as she passes us on the street, and for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/we-notice-a-bee-struggling-inside-a-flower-or-the-smile-of-a-woman-as/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [“At times Ren felt like he was reading fragments of his own dreams, reassembled into words that pulled at his heart, as if there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/at-times-ren-felt-like-he-was-reading-fragments-of-his-own-dreams/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

> [My life wasn't always smooth sailing. Two members of my family were diagnosed with cancer, so I spent a lot of time in hospitals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/my-life-wasn-t-always-smooth-sailing-two-members-of-my-family-were/)

[Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/)

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