Fly Away (Firefly Lane #2)

by Kristin Hannah

Grief is a sneaky thing, always coming and going like some guest you didn’t invite and can’t turn away.

TullyandKate. You and me against the world. Best friends forever. But stories end, don’t they? You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on.

You think you have all the time in the world until you know you don’t.

We were in the eighth grade, Kate and me, and we were on these bikes, on this hill, riding into the start of a friendship that is the only true love story of my life.

If there’s one thing I know how to do, it’s go on. I have perfected the art of denial, haven’t I? I have always been able to ignore my pain, smile, and go on. That’s what I have to do now.

Why did it take a tragedy to see life clearly?

Memories are who we are, Tul. In the end, that’s all the luggage you take with you. Love and memories are what last. That’s why your life flashes before your eyes when you die—you’re picking the memories you want. It’s like packing.

can’t just lie around missing my best friend and grieving for what is gone. I have to put all of this behind me and go on.