The Kristin Hannah Collection Quotes

“Girls,” she whispered under her breath, wondering why it was that adolescent girls simply had to be mean to their mothers. Clearly it was normal behavior; she’d spent enough time with her friends and peers to know that. So normal it was probably part of evolution. Maybe the species needed girls who thought they were grown up at thirteen for some bizarre, hidden reason.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Kristin Hannah Collection: Volume 1: Firefly Lane, True Colors, Fly Away

“It was embarrassing how ill-equipped she turned out to be for this blessed event that had been her secret girlhood dream. So embarrassing, in fact, that she told no one how overwhelmed she sometimes felt. When asked, she smiled brightly and said motherhood was the best thing that had ever happened to her. It was even true. Yet sometimes it wasn’t. The truth was that her gorgeous, pale-skinned, dark-haired, brown-eyed daughter was more than a handful.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Kristin Hannah Collection: Volume 1: Firefly Lane, True Colors, Fly Away