Frances Ryan

“Perhaps that’s why I find myself looking backward. The past has a clarity I can no longer see in the present.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“There's no great loss without some small gain.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie

“To make real friends you have to put yourself out there. Sometimes people will let you down, but you can't let that stop you. If you get hurt, you just pick yourself up, dust off your feelings, and try again.”
― Kristin Hannah, Firefly Lane

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves