Deepika Sharma

“Leni heard her mother start to cry, and somehow that made it worse, as if her tears watered this ugliness, made it grow.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“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

“And the books! She’d never seen so many. They whispered to her of unexplored worlds and unmet friends and she realized that she wasn’t alone in this new world. Her friends were here, spine out, waiting for her as they always had.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“Will ya look at it?” Dad threw his arms wide, as if he wanted to embrace it all. He seemed to be growing before their eyes, like a tree, spreading branches wide, becoming strong. He liked the nothingness he saw, the vast emptiness. It was what he’d come for.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone