The Great Alone

by Kristin Hannah

Leni saw Mama softening, reshaping her needs to match his, imagining this new personality:

“Ah. That. Love doesn’t fade or die, baby girl. People tell you it does, but it doesn’t. If you love him now, you’ll love him in ten years and in forty. Differently, maybe, a faded version, but he’s part of you now. And you are part of him.”