Some of the best quotes from The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah:

In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.

Men tell stories. Women get on with it. For us it was a shadow war. There were no parades for us when it was over, no medals or mentions in history books. We did what we had to during the war, and when it was over, we picked up the pieces and started our lives over.

Wounds heal. Love lasts. We remain.

Love. It was the beginning and end of everything, the foundation and the ceiling and the air in between.

Perhaps that’s why I find myself looking backward. The past has a clarity I can no longer see in the present.

I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us.

She wanted to bottle how safe she felt in this moment, so she could drink it later when loneliness and fear left her parched.

It is better to be bold than meek. If you jump off a cliff, at least you will fly before you fall.

With all the risks they were taking, love was probably the most dangerous choice of all.

Don't think about who they are. Think about who you are and what sacrifices you can live with and what will break you.

We are all fragile. It's the thing we learn in war.

Landscape of a woman's soul can change as quickly as a world at war.