Hey, Meg," she said without preamble. I need you to write a letter of recommendation for me. I'm applying for grad SC

— Kristin Hannah

I am a mother and mothers don’t have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.

— Kristin Hannah

I am like some wounded animal in a darkened lair, nursing the thorn in my paw, unable to find anyone to take it out.

— Kristin Hannah

If I had told him the truth long ago, or had danced and drunk and sung more, maybe he would have seen me instead of a dependable, ordinary mother. He loves a version of me that is incomplete. I always thought it was what I wanted; to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I'd like to be known.

— Kristin Hannah

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.

— Kristin Hannah

I had forgotten how gently time passes in Paris. As lively as the city is, there's a stillness to it, a peace that lures you in. In Paris, with a glass of wine in your hand, you can just be. All along the Seine, streetlamps come on, apartment windows turn golden." It's seven," Julien says, and I realize that he has been keeping time all along, waiting. He is so American. No sitting idle, forgetting oneself, not for this young man of mine.

— Kristin Hannah

I just want to keep you safe. I smile. Americans can be so naive.

— Kristin Hannah

I look at people who aren’t us and I hate them.

— Kristin Hannah

It felt as if she were bleeding - but it wasn't blood that leaked out of her, not something that could be easily transfused. Instead, she was losing her dreams.

— Kristin Hannah

It had been years since she questions his fidelity, but he'd stepped on to the old fame track again, and that was where the road had taken them before. Infidelity could be forgiven, but forgetting it was impossible. Strangely, that wasn't what bothered her the most. What bothered her was that she didn't really care.

— Kristin Hannah