Winter Street Quotes

“With this in mind, Ava tells herself to be present and celebrate the holiday instead of wishing it was over. After all, one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one's life.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“Be honorable, wherever you are, Bart. Do the right thing instead of the easy thing.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“You can give birth to a beautiful, perfect human being, but requited love isn’t guaranteed for her—or for any of us.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“be present and celebrate the holiday instead of wishing it over. After all, one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one’s life.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“After all”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“She pulls away first, as she always does - that much intimacy crosses some kind of line with Margaret, which in some ways caused the downfall of their marriage. Kelley always wanted more, closer, tighter - and Margaret wanted space and boundaries. She was afraid of intimacy, Kelley said. Margaret called it Retaining a Sense of Self. She never believed in two people melding to become one. She believed in self-sufficiency. After all, everyone dies alone.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“What is the saddest day of the year—Labor Day or December 26?”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“Ava?”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one’s life.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“You know how things like that sometimes happen, Kelley. Come on. That was the year you turned fifty. You were miserable, and so was Mitzi. You were at the Bar all night with your ex-wife, for God’s sake.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“Anything, anytime, always and forever.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“What a person does isn’t the same as who a person is.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“She says, “I want to be treated like someone precious. I want to be someone’s beloved. I never feel that way with you, and it dawned on me at some point today that I’m never going to feel that way with you, ever.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“With this in mind, Ava tells herself to be present and celebrate the holiday instead of wishing it over. After all, one is given only a certain number of Christmases in one’s life.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“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.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“her faith has morphed greatly over the years—it has both faltered and deepened. She is more certain now than ever that there is something bigger out there, but she is less sure what it is. God? Allah? Karma?”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“diamond”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“Poetry was made for the bath, Mitzi believed. She was partial to Pablo Neruda.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“years”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“Not to mention central air-conditioning, an inn-wide stereo system, plasma TVs and iPod docking stations, and L’Occitane toiletries.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“the mistress of ceremonies, in her”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“Lindsay Lohan? Patrick thinks. He’s relieved Bart has joined the Marines. Anyone who publicly announces himself a fan of Lindsay Lohan needs straightening out.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street

“There are two texts: one from Patrick and one from her mother. Patrick: asdhaosihdkqebrkb. (Butt dial? Or incredibly drunk? Ava doesn’t care.)”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Street