On Mystic Lake Quotes

“No mother. Two small words, and yet within them lay a bottomless well of pain and loss, a ceaseless mourning for touches that were never received and words of wisdom that were never spoken. No single word was big enough to adequately describe the loss of your mother.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“I didn't know how...deep love ran, how it was in your blood, not your heart, and how that same blood pumped through your veins your whole life.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“She used to tell me that she couldn't feel the sunlight anymore, not even when she was standing in it, not even when it was hot on her cheeks”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“....both had learned that everything could change in an instant, and that the heartfelt vows of people in love were fragile words that, once shattered, could cut so deeply you'd bleed forever.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“If she wasn't careful, she'd slide without a ripple into the gently flowing stream of her old life, pulled back under the current without a wimper of protest. Another housewife lost in the flow.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“There's nothing wrong with being scared...It happens to all of us. What's wrong is if we don't try things because we're afraid. We can't hide away from the things that scare us.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Sometimes you have to do everything right and follow the rules. You have to wait until all your ducks are in a row before you make a move. And other times... like now... you have to say 'what the hell' and go for it.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“People left, and if you loved too deeply, too fiercely, their swift and sudden absence could chill you to the soul.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“For years, she'd mistaken habit and affection for true love. She had assumed that the love she gave her husband was a reflection of the love he felt for her, and now, because of her blindness, she was alone.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Stop thinking about what you've lost, and think about what you have left.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Love matters. Maybe its the only thing that does.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“A dad... he teaches responsibility and accountability, but a mom... ah, a mom teaches her child to dream, to reach for the stars and to believe in fairy tales.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“She wanted to be with him, and though the realization frightened her, it also set her heart racing with anticipation. When she was with Nick, she was a different woman. Some of his glitter fell onto her and made her feel beautiful and sparkly and more alive.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. —ALBERT CAMUS”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Once, she had taken love for granted. Never again. Love was the sun and the moon and the stars in a world that was otherwise cold and dark.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“You're stronger than you think you are. You can get through this, whatever happens, you can get through it. Just don't forget...the rain. It's an angel's tears. And every glass you've ever seen is half full. Don't let yourself forget that. I know what it does to a person... forgetting that hope is out there.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“I love you. And if I have to let you go to make you happy, I'll do it.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“There's nothing wrong with being scared. It happens to all of us. What's wrong is if we don't try things because we are afraid. We can't hide away from the things that scare us.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Dreams. They were such precious commodities, and she'd given so many of hers away without a fight. Never again.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“They had been friends in the way that only girls could be - they wore each other's clothes and slept at each other's houses and told each other every little secret. They promised to always stay friends.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“he would learn that some roads could not be refound and that true love took time and effort … that a life lived in the glare of summer sunlight never produced a rainbow.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December. —JAMES M. BARRIE”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Love was the sun and the moon and the stars in a world that was otherwise cold and dark.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Unless he reached out now, in the days that mattered, he would learn that some roads could not be refound and that true love took time and effort … that a life lived in the glare of summer sunlight never produced a rainbow.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Annie had made so many mistakes, and most of them had been because she’d planted herself firmly in the middle of the road. But now she knew that life without risk was impossible, and if by chance you stumbled across a safe, serene existence, it was because you’d never really reached for anything in the first place.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“The true voyage of self-discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. —MARCEL PROUST”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“When you get older, you'll understand. There's a certain comfort in the familiar.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“I love you...It feels like I've loved you forever. I never knew it could be this way...that love could catch you when you fell.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake

“Another promise made by a man who'd kept too few.”
― Kristin Hannah, On Mystic Lake