Deepika Sharma

“Night swept in like nothing Leni had ever seen before, like the winged shadow of a creature too big and predatory to comprehend.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“What is, is, and what isn’t, isn’t.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“Leni saw suddenly how hope could break you, how it was a shiny lure for the unwary. What happened to you if you hoped too hard for the best and got the worst? Was it better not to hope at all, to prepare?”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“Leni shook her head, feeling a familiar sadness creep in. She could never tell him how it felt to live with a dad who scared you sometimes and a mother who loved him too much and make him prove how much he loved her in dangerous ways. Like flirting.
These were Leni's secrets. Her burdens. She couldn't share them.
All this time, all these years, she'd dreamed of having a real friend, one who would tell her everything. How had she missed the obvious?
Leni couldn't have a real friend because she couldn't be one.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone