Comfort & Joy Quotes

“Stacey: "I'm surprised you haven't thrown me out."

Comfort: "At your current weight, I'd need some sort of catapult.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“You can run away from your life and your past, but there's no way to distance yourself from your own heart.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“Those are exactly the kind of memories I try to avoid, but they're like abestos: invisible and deadly. You need special gear to get rid of them.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“How can I possibly fold all that longing into something as small as words?”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“You can run away from your life and your past, but there’s no way to distance yourself from your own heart.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“We have always been the witnesses of each other’s lives. Isn’t that what family is? Even broken and betrayed and bleeding, we are connected.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“Regret, I know, is a powerful remainder; it can bring the strongest man to his knees.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“I am stronger than I use to be." As I say the words, I realize the truth of them. I am stronger now. Strong enough to reach for this dream...and strong enough to handle disappointment.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“The love of books, of reading. There is nothing a librarian likes better than sharing her love of words with a child.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“It hurts almost more than I can bear. Tears sting my eyes again; I wipe them away impatiently. I am so tired of crying, so tired of feeling like half a person, but I don't know how to change things... (I have never felt so lost and alone.)”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“Some things need to be simply planted in the soft dirt of possibility.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“This is my resolution for the New Year. I will be honest with myself. I’ll keep my eyes open. I’ll see what’s there, not just what I want to see.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“It is amazing how quickly a bone can heal. If only the heart were as durable.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“And there it is: the core of everything. We’re sisters. We know each other intimately. Our pasts, our secrets, our fears. It is a precious gift that we tried to throw away but can’t really let go of.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“You see things and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were And say, ‘Why not?’” —George Bernard Shaw”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“A wrecked marriage scares everyone. It’s like a rock tossed into a still blue pond; the ripples go on and on.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“It’s a dangerous business … going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” —J. R. R. Tolkien”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“In sleep, I dream about the Comfort Lodge and Daniel”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“I feel like Dorothy, back in Kansas, a black-and-white girl in a black-and-white world, with memories in color.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“It's amazing how quickly a bone can heal. If only the heart were as durable.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“If I've learned nothing else in the past few days, it's that happiness must be fought for.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“If ever I am inclined in the future to disbelieve in love, I will remember this moment.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“It's funny how things slip away, pieces of us, even.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“If I'm finally taking a trip into the unknown; there ought to be photographs to document this momentous event.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“If nothing else, this pause has given me that: a lens through which to view my previous life. It’s not forgiveness. Not even near that yet, but it is … acceptance, and that’s better than nothing.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“People who have lost themselves in the dark woods of ordinary life, who have been betrayed by loved ones and forgotten how to be led by dreams.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“and it reminds me how fragile we all are, how easily we can wound one another, especially when love is involved.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“Here and now, I can do something that will make a difference in someone’s life, and perhaps that—the simple act of helping someone else—will help me in my own.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“They are obviously drowning in a sea of what they’ve lost. I know about those dark waters. Someone needs to throw them a life ring.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy

“I am afraid t put it into words, this fragile impossible hope of mine, and more afraid not to.”
― Kristin Hannah, Comfort & Joy