Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannahis an award-winning and bestselling American writer, who has won numerous awards, including the Golden Heart, the Maggie, and the 1996 National Reader's Choice award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
kissing night creating
It is a kiss that, once begun, never really ends. Interrupted, yes. Paused, certainly. But from that very moment onward, Vera sees the whole of her life as only a breath away from kissing him again. On that night in the park, they begin the delicate task of binding their souls together, creating a whole comprising their separate halves.
thinking wanted wanted-to-be-loved
I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.
needs weight comfort
Stacey: "I'm surprised you haven't thrown me out." Comfort: "At your current weight, I'd need some sort of catapult.
rubies kindergarten bite-me
Caro: "Bite me." Ruby: "I gave that up in kindergarten.
shields easier idealist
Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.
lying thinking careers
You look great," he said. It made her smile, even if it was a lie. "I'm as big as a house." He laughed. "I like houses. In fact, I'm thinking about architecture as a career.
love war long
If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.
animal loner going-out
Lately he'd been seen going out less and less, becoming that strangest of animals in a small town: a loner.
mother hurt jobs
We women make choices for others, not for ourselves, and when we are mothers, we...bear what we must for our children. You will protect them. It will hurt you; it will hurt them. Your job is to hide that your heart is breaking and do what they need you to do.
loving-you screw-ups might
I might screw up, I might embarrass you, I might yell at you, but I will never, ever stop loving you. You're my first born. The first time I held you... I fell in love so hard it cracked my bones.
girl hurt weather
Girls like you can't understand," Julia said, and it was true. Ellie had been popular. She didn't know that some hurts were like a once-broken bone. In the right weather, they could ache for a lifetime.
ghost standing-alone said
Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts; things she could have said.
numbness littles shells
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 felt before. She had so little experience with genuine anger that it scared her. She actually worried that if she started screaming, she'd never stop.
best-friend mother heart
That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours.