“I never do enjoy my breaks, long or short...I look forward to them intensely, but as soon as they begin, I can feel them starting to end. I feel the temporariness of my freedom, and find it hard to concentrate on anything other than the sensation of it trickling away.”
―
Sophie Hannah,
The Wrong Mother
“Vianne didn’t hesitate. She knew now that no one could be neutral—not anymore—and as afraid as she was of risking Sophie’s life, she was suddenly more afraid of letting her daughter grow up in a world where good people did nothing to stop evil, where a good woman could turn her back on a friend in need. She reached for the toddler, took him in her arms.” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives. ” ― Sophie Hannah, Little Face
“Weak people always attack strong people - it's safer. It's weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Stong people can walk away - no repercussions, you see, if you attack a stong person.” ― Sophie Hannah
“Its weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Strong people can walk away- no repercussions, you see, if you attack a strong person.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Other Half Lives
“One cannot do such harm to another and not wound one’s own soul in the process.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders
“when your world falls apart and everything's ruined, you lose part of yourself. Not all, inconveniently. One half, the best half, dies. The other half lives.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Other Half Lives
“You can always, and easily, give somebody the gift of hope and faith, even in the midst of despair.” ― Sophie Hannah
“We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.” ― Sophie Hannah, Lasting Damage
“Love. It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between. It didn’t matter that she was broken and ugly and sick. He loved her and she loved him. All her life she had waited—longed for—people to love her, but now she saw what really mattered. She had known love, been blessed by it. Papa. Maman. Sophie. Antoine. Micheline. Anouk. Henri. Gaëtan. Vianne. She” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“Tell them I've two spare rooms here. It might not be as grand as the Bloxham, but everybody's still alive when they wake up in the morning.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders
“we cannot help how we feel, but we can choose whether or not to act upon those feelings.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders
“I don’t know the right thing to do anymore. I want to protect Sophie and keep her safe, but what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God?” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've never needed to learn.” ― Sophie Hannah, Kind of Cruel
“Sometimes, convenience has the appearance of logic.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Wrong Mother
“She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when no one else did?” ― Sophie Hannah, Little Face
“Sophie was too old for lies and too young for the truth.” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“Why have I never heard anything about all this—and not just from you? Sophie never said a word. Hell, I didn’t even know that people escaped over the mountains or that there was a concentration camp just for women who resisted the Nazis.” “Men tell stories,” I say. It is the truest, simplest answer to his question. “Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over. Your sister was as desperate to forget it as I was. Maybe that was another mistake I made—letting her forget. Maybe we should have talked about it.” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“It is the job of art to replace unhappy true stories with happier inventions.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders
“Vianne didn’t hesitate. She knew now that no one could be neutral—not anymore—and as afraid as she was of risking Sophie’s life, she was suddenly more afraid of letting her daughter grow up in a world where good people did nothing to stop evil, where a good woman could turn her back on a friend in need. She reached for the toddler, took him in her arms.” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“Lies were lethal, however honourable the intentions of the liar. They deprived people of the opportunity to know the basic facts of their own lives. ” ― Sophie Hannah, Little Face
“Weak people always attack strong people - it's safer. It's weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Stong people can walk away - no repercussions, you see, if you attack a stong person.” ― Sophie Hannah
“Its weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Strong people can walk away- no repercussions, you see, if you attack a strong person.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Other Half Lives
“One cannot do such harm to another and not wound one’s own soul in the process.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders
“when your world falls apart and everything's ruined, you lose part of yourself. Not all, inconveniently. One half, the best half, dies. The other half lives.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Other Half Lives
“You can always, and easily, give somebody the gift of hope and faith, even in the midst of despair.” ― Sophie Hannah
“We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.” ― Sophie Hannah, Lasting Damage
“Love. It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between. It didn’t matter that she was broken and ugly and sick. He loved her and she loved him. All her life she had waited—longed for—people to love her, but now she saw what really mattered. She had known love, been blessed by it. Papa. Maman. Sophie. Antoine. Micheline. Anouk. Henri. Gaëtan. Vianne. She” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“Tell them I've two spare rooms here. It might not be as grand as the Bloxham, but everybody's still alive when they wake up in the morning.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders
“we cannot help how we feel, but we can choose whether or not to act upon those feelings.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders
“I don’t know the right thing to do anymore. I want to protect Sophie and keep her safe, but what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God?” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've never needed to learn.” ― Sophie Hannah, Kind of Cruel
“Sometimes, convenience has the appearance of logic.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Wrong Mother
“She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when no one else did?” ― Sophie Hannah, Little Face
“Sophie was too old for lies and too young for the truth.” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“Why have I never heard anything about all this—and not just from you? Sophie never said a word. Hell, I didn’t even know that people escaped over the mountains or that there was a concentration camp just for women who resisted the Nazis.” “Men tell stories,” I say. It is the truest, simplest answer to his question. “Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over. Your sister was as desperate to forget it as I was. Maybe that was another mistake I made—letting her forget. Maybe we should have talked about it.” ― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
“It is the job of art to replace unhappy true stories with happier inventions.” ― Sophie Hannah, The Monogram Murders
