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I can be a little OCD when it comes to my writing.

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
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What I know now about life is this: your mother is a part of everything you do and everything you are.
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He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.
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It’s a promise ring,” he said solemnly. “The lady at the store said it’s what you give the girl you love. It means I want to marry you someday.
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Of course you can fall in love. You just have to let yourself. They don't call it falling for nothing. -Kate
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Hands down, the hardest part for me is coming up with an idea. I spend about 14 months writing a book, and that's a lot of hours spent thinking about a single project. I simply have to love the idea. I'll go through dozens of workable ideas until I find the one that lights my fire.
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....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.
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Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.
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She is like a child picking at a scab, unable to stop herself even though she knows it will hurt.
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That was what a best friend did: hold up a mirror and show you your heart.
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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.
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A romance novel focuses exclusively on two people falling in love. It can't be about a woman caring for her aging mother or something like that. It can have that element, but it has to be primarily about the male-female relationship.
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And maybe that was how it was supposed to be...Joy and sadness were part of the package the trick, perhaps,was to let yourself feel all of it, but to hold on to the joy just a little more tightly.
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Promises were a lot like impressions. The second one didn't count for much.
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It's not a date. I bought my own drink and I didn't shave my legs.
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This is the problem with forever friends. They know too much.
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Do you love him? How would I know? You'd know.
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Girls like you can't understand, Julia said, and it was true. Ellie had been popular. She didn't know that some hurts were like a once-broken bone. In the right weather, they could ache for a lifetime.
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Then he left her there, standing alone, surrounded by word ghosts things she could have said.
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I guess no one stays friends for more than thirty years without broken hearts along the way.
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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.
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