669 Quotes by Kristin Hannah

Books are the mile markers of my life. Some people have family photos or home movies to record their past. I’ve got books. Characters. For as long as I can remember, books have been my safe place. I read about places I can barely imagine and lose myself in journeys to foreign lands to save girls who didn’t know they were really princesses.

She is so certain of everything. This war is black and white for her. Nothing seems to scare her.

Grief is a sneaky thing, always coming and going like some guest you didn’t invite and can’t turn away. She wants this grief, although she’d never admit it. lately, it’s the only thing that feels real.

But love has to be stronger than hate, or there is no future for us.

That’s one of my major themes in Firefly Lane – that we need to accept that we are good enough, that all we can do is our best.

She knew Miles didn’t understand. Last night he’d made that sound – that sigh of desperation or despair – when she couldn’t change into a nightgown. He didn’t understand how fragile she felt. If she lifted her arms, they might break off.

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 any surgeon’s blade.

She knew the difference between fact and fiction, but she couldn’t abandon her love stories.

Ever since you were a girl, you’ve been running for what you wanted... Now you’re lost, but you’re still running full speed... How will you ever figure out what you want when everything is a blur?