Quotes from Elin Hilderbrand

It's a reminder to live while we can and take care with the legacy we're leaving behind.

He uses air quotes, which makes him seem like such a boomer. "I appreciate it.

Hollis consults Grown and Flown, her favorite website for parenting older children, as she tries to figure out what to do.

Charlie's face twists into a snarl and he starts to rant. "You ungrateful bitch, I've worked my ass to the bone for you and the kids, two college tuitions, the fancy house you had to have in Swellesley, the Escalade you begged for because you thought it would make you look cool in front of Electra.

I'm a numbers guy. I was a math major at UConn back in the day." He pumps a fist. "Go Huskies!

You know who invented the twist, right?" asked the man next to him. "It was John D. Rockefeller. He was a germophobe, and citrus was a natural disinfectant, so Rockefeller always asked his bartenders to run a lemon peel around the rim of his glass." Eddie

There is no artifice, no manipulation, no games.

days in the dark by myself. We're engaged

So all she can hope for are unexpected moments of grace.

Anything, anytime, always and forever.

Ava adores carols that evoke London streets during a new snowfall, the Yule log, brightly lit windows on a square of stately brick homes.

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Fortieth Pole is particularly good for evening beach barbecues with kids—the water is calm and warm, and you'll have a magnificent view of the sunset. Smith's Point is hands down my favorite beach because you can access both the waves of the ocean and the flat water of the sound.

What is the saddest day of the year? Labor Day or December 26th? One is given only a certain number of Christmases in one's life.

As Lizbet says in this novel, Great Point is Nantucket's ultimate destination. Great Point Light sits at the tippy-top of the long arm of sand that juts into the water to the north. Great Point is part of a nature preserve (hence the hefty sticker price for your vehicle) run by the Trustees of Reservations.

Electra is a small person who steps on others to make herself feel big

It's a wild, windswept landscape with the ocean on your right and the harbor on your left as you drive out. There are almost always seals. There are sometimes sharks—you've been warned! It is "far away" (it takes nearly forty-five minutes to get there from town), but it's a Nantucket experience

didn't understand how lucky I was to have her until she was gone.

beaches that you cannot drive on. North shore beaches front Nantucket Sound and have calm water without large waves. South shore beaches are ocean beaches and normally have waves. There are sometimes rip currents. Please be careful! North Shore Jetties Beach is walkable from town and has the added attraction of the Sand Bar, which I'll discuss in the restaurant section.

bed and runs a hand over the duvet cover. "Matouk sheets?

Steps Beach has, quite possibly, the most beautiful approach of any beach in the world. You descend forty-three steps into sand dunes covered by rosa rugosa, which in the height of summer blooms with pink and white flowers. Dionis Beach is where Richie is found asleep in his car in this novel. In the book, I say that Dionis has public showers—this is fiction. It does not have showers.

every single decision you make - who your friends are, who you date, whether you decide to smoke or drink - has a consequence.

It does, however, have bathrooms. South Shore Surfside Beach was my beach of choice for my first three summers. In fact, I don't think I went anywhere else. It's wide. There's plenty of space. It also has the Surfside Beach Shack. It's not an exaggeration to say that if I could, I would eat lunch at the Surfside Shack every day of the summer, and so would my kids. The food is delicious.

Life gave me another chance to be happy. Only an idiot