54 Quotes by Hilarie Burton

I like to write paper mail – nobody does that anymore – with my pen pals.

I like my hands. They’re certainly scarred up, but they’re wormy. They’re knuckly. They’re hands that have done stuff, and they’re not going anywhere.

In the world of Facebook and Twitter, you can treasure hunt for tidbits about somebody that you find interesting and pretty much find out everything you need to know – which is why I stay away from social media – I’m terrified of it.

My weekends are spent hidden in the woods, and then I have to come back and pretend to be this very upper-crust insurance investigator. But, I mean, duality’s nice. You never get bored. You can’t say the grass is always greener if you’re in both backyards.

I’ve named a couple things after Edgar Allan Poe: the cat, and my garden upstate, where I only planted black flowers and purple flowers – and there’s a raven statue.

I do hope that for the young women watching the show they know it is heightened reality and just grown ups playing teenagers. That’s not how it is supposed to go. Just keep it to yourself.

I think the first couple of times you do make-out scenes, you psych yourself out and it’s really nerve racking.

There's something about a holiday that isn't all about how much money you spend.

I'm from northern Virginia, but I grew up next to the West Virginia border, so it was hills and farmland. We had that sense of adventure you get from growing up around old farmhouses and lazy, rolling hills, you know?