Please Don't Lie (Crystal River, #1)

by Christina Baker Kline

. if you turn toward something you’re afraid of, you strip away its power.”

What you gain from life is shaped by your willingness to embrace what lies ahead.

No matter how she tries to feel safe, she knows security is an illusion. A threat can come from anywhere, anytime.

No matter how old you are when tragedy strikes, it can bring out the saddest, loneliest, most bitter parts of you, and it’s damn hard to tuck it all back in.

The future is a blank canvas, waiting for me to paint it with my dreams.

You’re in the future you dreamed of. It’s up to you to make it your own, to fill this house with love and laughter. To banish the ghosts of the past.

Instead of running from your fear, try to embrace it.”

Moving forward isn’t about leaving the past behind. It’s about threading the pain and strength, the doubt and wisdom, into the fabric of who she is becoming.