“Forgiveness is a powerful thing.”
―
Elin Hilderbrand,
The Castaways
“Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair
“When you peered into the windows of someone else's life, you could only guess what was going on.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, Barefoot
“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.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Castaways
“To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is to be forgotten.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair
“All her life, Claire had had a problem figuring out where other people ended and she began. All her life, she’d taken on the world’s hurt; she held herself responsible. But why?” ― Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair
“And the worst thing about being young is not being able to appreciate that you’re young because you aren’t old enough to know any better.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, 28 Summers
“It was like we had known all along that the sky was going to fall and then it fell and we pretended to be surprised.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Love Season
“...of the things I want my daughters to know the greatest of these is love.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Island
“Never let a man be responsible for your happiness.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, Summer of '69
“He has never known a woman so free from conceit, vanity, ambition, pretense. He has never known a woman so willing to show the world that she is a human being.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Blue Bistro
“Sometimes you regret the things you do, but they're over and done. Regretting the things you didn't do is tougher because they're still out there, haunting you with the what ifs.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Matchmaker
“Just be aware that what you achieve doesn’t matter as much as what kind of person you are,” ― Elin Hilderbrand, 28 Summers
“Sadness comes long after all of the other, more difficult and destructive emotions have passed” ― Elin Hilderbrand, Summer of '69
“I will hold your hand and we will walk across this world, and I will sing to you and our babies, and that will be enough for me.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Island
“Women clearly felt things more deeply: they read sub-text where men saw only white space.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Castaways
“Some people don’t like being happy. They’re much more comfortable when they have a problem.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Beach Club
“What happened when we died? How were we to know that death wasn't as profound an adventure as life was?” ― Elin Hilderbrand, Summerland
“Perfect happiness existed, but perhaps only in small increments.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Island
“Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair
“When you peered into the windows of someone else's life, you could only guess what was going on.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, Barefoot
“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.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Castaways
“To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is to be forgotten.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair
“All her life, Claire had had a problem figuring out where other people ended and she began. All her life, she’d taken on the world’s hurt; she held herself responsible. But why?” ― Elin Hilderbrand, A Summer Affair
“And the worst thing about being young is not being able to appreciate that you’re young because you aren’t old enough to know any better.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, 28 Summers
“It was like we had known all along that the sky was going to fall and then it fell and we pretended to be surprised.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Love Season
“...of the things I want my daughters to know the greatest of these is love.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Island
“Never let a man be responsible for your happiness.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, Summer of '69
“He has never known a woman so free from conceit, vanity, ambition, pretense. He has never known a woman so willing to show the world that she is a human being.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Blue Bistro
“Sometimes you regret the things you do, but they're over and done. Regretting the things you didn't do is tougher because they're still out there, haunting you with the what ifs.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Matchmaker
“Just be aware that what you achieve doesn’t matter as much as what kind of person you are,” ― Elin Hilderbrand, 28 Summers
“Sadness comes long after all of the other, more difficult and destructive emotions have passed” ― Elin Hilderbrand, Summer of '69
“I will hold your hand and we will walk across this world, and I will sing to you and our babies, and that will be enough for me.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Island
“Women clearly felt things more deeply: they read sub-text where men saw only white space.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Castaways
“Some people don’t like being happy. They’re much more comfortable when they have a problem.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Beach Club
“What happened when we died? How were we to know that death wasn't as profound an adventure as life was?” ― Elin Hilderbrand, Summerland
“Perfect happiness existed, but perhaps only in small increments.” ― Elin Hilderbrand, The Island
