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The measure of a society is its compassion.
Kristin Hannah
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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
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Garden Grove
California
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Compassion
Society
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She had been ready to love this man from the moment she first saw him. In all these years, that had never changed. They'd hurt each other, let each other down, and yet, here they were after everything, together. She needed him now, needed him to remind her that she was live, that she wasn't alone, that she hadn't lost everything.
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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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Lately he'd been seen going out less and less, becoming that strangest of animals in a small town: a loner.
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Their friendship was more important than any relationship. Guys would come and go girlfriends were forever.
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Memories are who we are. In the end, that's all the luggage you take with you. Love and Memories are what last.
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It's not intentions that matter. It's actions. We are what we do and say, not what we intend to.
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I have often wished in the past few years that my mom were here to help me as I raised my own teenage son. As a girl, with my own mom, I thought I knew it all now I know better. Somewhere, I know my mom is smiling.
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I can be a little OCD when it comes to my writing.
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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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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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Popularity means people think they know you.
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Sometimes holding on was all you could do.
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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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Nobody's strong enough to be a parent. We just do it, blindly, going forward on faith and love and hope. That's all it is...Being afraid...and going on.
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...This fear was unbearable. It unwrapped who she was, as neatly as he'd unwound her bandage, leaving too much pain and ugliness exposed. Nerve endings he'd said they were the problem [causing phantom pain in the amputated limb]. Things that cut off, that ended abruptly or died--like parents and marriages--kept hurting forever.
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This is the problem with forever friends. They know too much.
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Promises were a lot like impressions. The second one didn't count for much.
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Jude remembered this pain. Every woman had felt some version of it: the end of first love. It was when you learned, for good and always, that love could be impermanent.
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Nothing was easier to shatter than the fragile shield of an idealist.
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He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.
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