"As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her."
— Kristin Hannah (Summer Island: A Novel)

"A daughter without her mother is a woman broken. It is a loss that turns to arthritis and settles deep into her bones. "
— Kristin Hannah (Summer Island: A Novel)

""And before you barrel through some idiotic Cosmo girl list of how-well-do-you-know-your-man questions, let me say that I don't know squat about him except that he kisses like a god and screws like a devil.""
— Kristin Hannah (Firefly Lane)

"Sometimes being a good friend means saying nothing."
— Kristin Hannah (Firefly Lane)

"The at-home mother's life: it was a race with no finish line."
— Kristin Hannah (Firefly Lane)

"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. "
— Kristin Hannah (Firefly Lane)

"Thoughts - even fears - were airy things, formless until you made them solid with your voice and once given that weight, they could crush you."
— Kristin Hannah (Firefly Lane)