“Maybe in Another Life” by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Quodid

That's what you do when you want something. You don't look for reasons why it won't work. You look for reasons why it will.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

I wake up most mornings feeling refreshed and well rested, with an excitement about the day. And as long as you can say that, I think you're doing OK.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

We don't know what would have happened. But whatever would have happened wasn't supposed to happen.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

You can only forgive yourself for the mistakes you made in the past once you know you'll never make them again.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

I think I have to believe that life will work out the way it needs to. If everything that happens in the world is just a result of chance and there's no rhyme or reason to any of it, that's just too chaotic for me to handle. I'd have to go around questioning every decision I've ever made, every decision I will ever make. If our fate is determined with every step we take… it's too exhausting. I'd prefer to believe that things happen as they are meant to happen.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

Life is long and full of an infinite number of decisions. I have to think that the small ones don't matter, that I'll end up where I need to end up no matter what I do.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

I loved you so much it sometimes burned in my chest.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

When you sit there and wish things had happened differently, you can't just wish away the bad stuff. You have to think about all the good stuff you might lose, too. Better just to stay in the now and focus on what you can do better in the future.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

I'm just going to do my best and live under the assumption that if there are things in this life that we are supposed to do, if there are people in this world we are supposed to love, we'll find them.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

If you love someone, if you think you could make them happy for the rest of your life together, then nothing should stop you. You should be prepared to take them as they are and deal with the consequences. Relationships aren't neat and clean. They're ugly and messy, and they make almost no sense except to the two people in them. That's what I think. I think if you truly love someone, you accept the circumstances; you don't hide behind them.

—Taylor Jenkins Reid in Maybe in Another Life

About Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid (born December 20, 1983) is an American author best known for her novels The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & the Six, One True Loves, Malibu Rising, Carrie Soto Is Back, and Atmosphere. She has written nine novels, several of which were #1 New York Times bestselling novels.

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