156 Quotes by Elin Hilderbrand

Adrienne accepted the crackers like a hungry beggar. She gobbled the first cracker and it was so delicious that she let the second one sit on her tongue until it melted in a burst of flavor. It tasted like the crisped cheese on top of onion soup that she used to devour after a day of skiing. But better, of course, because everything that came out of this kitchen was better.

Euthanasia is a topic that taps into deeply personal views of dignity and fear but, mostly, spirituality.

...of the things I want my daughters to know the greatest of these is love.

Love is scary! Taking a vow to love someone through sickness and health, for richer for poorer, forsaking all others, until death do us part, is the most terrifying experience a person can have. Why pretend any differently?

Three geese stuffed with apples and onions, served with a Roquefort sauce, stuffing with chestnuts, potato gratin, curried carrots, brussel sprouts with bacon and chives-

For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.

Iowa City is okay as Midwestern cities go, but there's no food, no culture, no ocean.

If you love something, set it free. If it was meant to be, it will come back to you. But this, of course, was bullshit. If you loved something and let it go...it would (hello!) find something else to love.

I am a summer person.