Ida Wilcox > Ida's Quotes

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger. We knew the risks and took them anyway.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

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

“Love is what remains when everything else is gone.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her.”
― Kristin Hannah, Summer Island

“That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours. ”
― Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane

“But love has to be stronger than hate, or there is no future for us.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“Wounds heal. Love lasts. We remain.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“Maybe time didn't heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.”
― Kristin Hannah, Night Road

“In the sea of grief, there were islands of grace, moments in time when one could remember what was left rather than all that had been lost.”
― Kristin Hannah, Night Road

“When you get . . . to the end, you see that love and family are all there is. Nothing else matters.”
― Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane

“Books had always been her solace; novels gave her the space to be bold, brave, beautiful, if only in her own imagination.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds

“To lose love is a terrible thing. But to turn away from it is unbearable. Will you spend the rest of your life replaying it in your head? Wondering if you walked away too soon or too easily? Or if you'll ever love anyone that deeply again?”
― Kristin Hannah, Winter Garden