Kristin > Kristin's Quotes

“A thing can be true and not the truth,”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“You know what they say about finding a man in Alaska—the odds are good, but the goods are odd.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“A girl was like a kite; without her mother's strong, steady hold on the string, she might just float away, be lost somewhere among the clouds.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“How will I stop loving him, Mama? Will I .... forget ?
Mama sighed.
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.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“Love and fear. The most destructive forces on earth. Fear had turned her inside out, love had made her stupid.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“... home was not just a cabin in a deep woods that overlooked a placid cove. Home was a state of mind, the peace that came from being who you were and living an honest life.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“In the silence, Leni wondered if one person could ever really save another, or if it was the kind of thing you had to do for yourself.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“Alaska isn't about who you were when you headed this way. It's about who you become.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“He taught her something new about friendship: it picked right back up where you’d left off, as if you hadn’t been apart at all.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“You don’t stop loving a person when they’re hurt. You get stronger so they can lean on you.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“Alaska didn’t create character; it revealed it.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“A searing, cleansing, enveloping love blew her heart into a million tiny pieces and reshaped it.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“But the connection between pain and love wasn’t linear. It was a web.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone