The Great Alone Quotes

“They were kids, she and Matthew; no one asked their opinion or told them anything. They just had to muddle along and live in the world presented to them, confused a lot of the time because nothing made sense, but certain of their subterranean place on the food chain.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“There is no middle ground, no safe place; not here, in the Great Alone.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“In the naïveté of youth, her parents had seemed like towering presences, omnipotent and all-knowing. But they weren’t that; they were just two broken people.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“She knew that she was making a decision she might regret, but it felt inevitable. “Nothing matters except us.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“... and love took shape in the air around them, a regret and memory-filled version, maybe, sad around the edges, but love.”
― Kristin Hannah