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“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

“We are all fragile. It’s the thing we learn in war”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“I can’t help smiling at that. He is such an American, this son of mine. He thinks one’s life can be distilled to a narrative that has a beginning and an end. He knows nothing about the kind of sacrifice that, once made, can never be either fully forgotten or fully borne. And how could he? I have protected him from all of that.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

“She wanted to say "Don't leave me", but she couldn't do it, not again. She was so tired of begging people to love her.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale