669 Quotes by Kristin Hannah

The door banged open, bringing with it a rush of cold night air. Dried leaves scudded inside, dancing across the floor, plastering themselves like tiny black hands to the stones of the fireplace. The flames within shivered and thinned. The door slammed shut.

To lose love is a terrible thing. But to turn away from it is unbearable. Will you spend the rest of your life replaying it in your head? Wondering if you walked away too soon or too easily? Or if you’ll ever love anyone that deeply again?

Sometimes we have to forgive the people we love, even if we’re mad as hell. That’s just how it is.

Now Leni was old enough to know that like all fairy tales, theirs was filled with thickets and dark places and broken dreams, and runaway girls.

How could any woman know her own story until she knew her mother’s?

I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us.

Sometimes you have to do everything right and follow the rules. You have to wait until all your ducks are in a row before you make a move. And other times... like now... you have to say ‘what the hell’ and go for it.

Love doesn’t fade or die.

Of course. Men always think war is about them.