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
mean thinking people
Popularity means people think they know you.
writing thinking play
Honestly, when you start talking about genres, you're talking as much about the business side of writing as anything else. Certainly there are elements of reader expectation that play into various genres, and those are important, but it also becomes about packaging, placement, audience....In the end, I'm not a fan of labels. I think the best fiction blurs the boundaries between genres, stretches and breaks them.
book writing thinking
Hands down, the hardest part for me is coming up with an idea. I spend about 14 months writing a book, and that's a lot of hours spent thinking about a single project. I simply have to love the idea. I'll go through dozens of workable ideas until I find the one that lights my fire.
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.
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.
world wanted feels
It occurred to her suddenly, sharply, that she wanted to be in love... She wanted not to feel so damned alone in the world.
beautiful rain night
It was the Magic Hour, the moment in time when every leaf and blade of grass seemed to separate, when sunlight, burnished by the rain and softened by the coming night, gave the world an impossibly beautiful glow.
mother daughter writing
Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.
hurt children scabs
She is like a child picking at a scab, unable to stop herself even though she knows it will hurt.
love-is rest-of-your-life unbearable
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?
choices sometimes made
Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.
flow slides currents
If she wasn't careful, she'd slide without a ripple into the gently flowing stream of her old life, pulled back under the current without a wimper of protest. Another housewife lost in the flow.
strong parent and-love
Nobody's strong enough to be a parent. We just do it, blindly, going forward on faith and love and hope. That's all it is...Being afraid...and going on.
good-day years missing
You will always miss her. There will be days - even years from now - when the missing will be so sharp it will take your breath away. But there will be good days, too, months and years of them. In one way or another you'll be searching for her all your life.