156 Quotes by Elin Hilderbrand

She had thought that ‘depression’ would be like sitting in a rocking chair and not being able to make it move. She had thought it would descend over her like a fog, turning things fuzzy, coloring them gray. But depression was active, it paced back and forth wringing its hands. She couldn’t stop thinking; she couldn’t find her way free from apprehension.

Telling the truth when you’ve done something wrong is the most terrifying thing in the world.

The moment their eyes meet, the moment their hands touch. That certainty. That recognition. You. You are the one. This is what it feels like. Nothing, as it turns out, can take the place of love.

And Margot should have made a rule about no cell phones. What was it about life now? The people who weren’t present always seemed to be more important than the people who were.

It’s not a house to us. It’s a home. And it’s not a home, it’s s way of life. Our summertime happens here. This house is part of our past, it’s our present, it’ll be our future. It’s who we are.

I have long maintained that each of us has three chances a day to be happy: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

I consider reading to be part of my job.

It has always been a goal of mine to climb Kilimanjaro, so that's definitely happening, and I may write a memoir about it. When I was 25, I tried to trek to Everest Base Camp, but I got sick and ended up being carried out of Dingboche on the back of my Sherpa. So Kilimanjaro would represent a redemption of sorts.

I live a life very similar to my characters in that I live a full-blown summer fantasy from June to September. I go to the beach and work there every day.