Perfect happiness existed, but perhaps only in small increments.

—Elin Hilderbrand in The Island

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About Elin Hilderbrand

Portrait of Elin Hilderbrand

Elin Hilderbrand (born July 17, 1969) is an American writer of mystery and romance. Her novels are typically set on and around Nantucket, where she resides. In 2019, New York magazine called her "the queen of beach reads". She has sold over 20 million books.

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What happened when we died? How were we to know that death wasn't as profound an adventure as life was?

—Elin Hilderbrand in Summerland

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When you're in love, every day is like a present you get to open.

—Elin Hilderbrand in Winter Storms

I can't pretend to know what it feels like to lose a child, but I assume it's the worst pain I've ever felt times a thousand, or times a hundred thousand.

—Elin Hilderbrand in The Identicals

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What was it about life now? The people who weren't present always seemed to be more important than the people who were.

—Elin Hilderbrand in Beautiful Day

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He'd learned that when you love someone purely enough, all you wanted was for that person to be happy.

—Elin Hilderbrand in Summerland

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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

—Rita Mae Brown

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What if I came here and I ended up loving it? What if, after a year, I didn't want to leave? What then? But wouldn't it be great if I loved it? Isn't that the whole point? Why bet on not loving a place? Why not take a chance and bet on happiness?

—Jenny Han in Lara Jean

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Nobody has ever been happy in a job they obtained by first handing in a resumé.

—Douglas Coupland

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Money can't buy you happiness, but happiness sure is a hell of a lot easier to find when you're not worried about where your next meal is coming from.

—Christina Lauren

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How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

—William Ellery Channing

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9 Jan 2019 Added