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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

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...

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    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.