The Four Winds

by Kristin Hannah

Don’t worry about dying, Elsa. Worry about not living. Be brave.

Although she hadn’t seen her parents for years, it turned out that a parent’s disapproval was a powerful, lingering voice that shaped and defined one’s self-image.

it was only possible to live without love when you’d never known it.

You are of me, Loreda, in a way that can never be broken. You taught me love. You, first in the whole world, and my love for you will outlive me.