Quotes from Elin Hilderbrand

This is the Penfolds Bin Eight Cab. It has notes of imitation crabmeat

This is the Penfolds Bin Eight Cab. It has notes of imitation crabmeat, hot asphalt, and a one-night stand.

Maia's favorite. Her mother and grandmother loved her because they had to. Huck loves her because he wants to.

the kind of place that thrived on understatement and quiet privilege.

The thing I love best about reading fiction is that it gives you a way to connect the experiences of your own life to the larger world," Gigi says. "Don't you find that to be true?

lighter now that it was summer. When he was a little boy, he always told her how pretty she was. Now

The most amazing aspect of life, Beth thought, was the way that time passed—the days, the months, one following the next without slowing down or stopping for tragedy or triumph.

Phones," he says to Andrea. "They'll be the death of civilization.

You can be related to someone who's done a bad thing and not be a bad person. You can love someone who's done a bad thing and not be a bad person. You can even be someone who's done a bad thing and not be a bad person

It's a revelation. Her mother is a human being who feels pain, sadness, loneliness, confusion.

she's not wrong. Men are like that. But we don't have to put up with it. Jessie, do you hear me? We do not have to put up with it.

Other soldiers at this table may be wishing they were safe in their homes with their families, but Tiger knows that, right now, he's where he's supposed to be.

Looking back, Huck realizes that he'd been so dazzled by Kimberly's obvious charms and—he'll just say it—so invigorated by the chase that he ignored the warning signs of a deeply troubled person.

The rod felt sleek and expensive in his hand; it was the Maserati of surf-casting rods.

Vivi might have remarked once or twice that he could use "more cowbell," but she has come to realize that Rip's strengths are underappreciated.

Everything at this moment is so sublime that Jake thinks, Freeze! I want to stay right here forever. But of course, life doesn't work that way. The waves fold over themselves again and again and again, and nothing can stop them.

That was the darnedest thing about sitting down as an old woman—getting comfortable and looking good were nearly impossible. "You've

that's why women don't turn in their abusers, she thinks. It's humiliating—and the possibility of victim-shaming is very real.

She is a pineapple: standing tall, wearing a crown, and sweet on the inside!

of 436 Park, which is the premier address in

Her feet were buried in the sand and the champagne had warmed the very center of her. She was conscious of being alive and being present: a clear night, a golden beach, good food

None of you children seem to have inherited my love of gardening (unless you count Nick, and the pot plants in the attic)

town as "Nantucket Visitor Services"), 508-228-0925. Visitor Services keeps a list of available hotel rooms (and, yes, there were nights in the past few summers when the island was completely sold out!). They have a host of helpful practical information for your visit! Website: Nantucket-ma.gov.

Mallory uses a measured, concerned-mom voice rather than a snake-oil-salesman voice.