Winter Solstice Quotes

“Time remains a mystery to Margaret. A game of Monopoly can consume an afternoon, and an hour on the treadmill seems like forever. But a lifetime passes in an instant.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“Zack, who has a penchant for arcane knowledge, informs Ava that a family of a boy followed by a girl is known as the king’s choice. There is the son to carry on the family name, and the daughter to marry off and create a dynasty.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“Folded-over chips are preferable to flat chips—why is that? It’s one of life’s ten million mysteries.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“You need to choose bravery over shame,” Leanne says. “Humility over pride.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“Most people think real estate is a business about property and therefore money,
but Eddie would argue that real estate is a business about people. And about
money.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“Eddie has long joked that the two most useful backgrounds for a real estate broker are psychology and elementary education.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“The Greydon House is the new hot spot on Nantucket; Bart remembers when it was his dentist’s office. It has been reimagined as a hotel and fine restaurant. The bar is dark paneled, the lighting is low, the furniture is ornate, and the overall effect”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“Or a T-shirt that says Cash Me Outside How Bah Dat.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“Kelley becomes addicted to the novels of Danielle Steel. Now, there’s a woman who knows about life: dying billionaires who cut their obnoxious children out of the will, unappreciated housewives who fall into the arms of the children’s sailing instructor. And Ms. Steel writes one heck of a sex scene.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“What I’d really like is a teaspoon of white sugar in my regular Lipton tea. Not honey, not agave, not raw organic turbinado. Just good old white processed sugar.” “Does Mrs. Quinn keep something as toxic as that in the house?” Lara asks.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“figures. PJ was in the middle, Trish and Harrison were to PJ’s right, and Potter and Ava were to PJ’s left. All of the figures were holding hands and the sun was shining above them. The drawing was more than Ava”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“It's permission, he realizes. He can let go.

It's the winter solstice.

"Do you know the best thing about the winter solstice is?" He wants to tell Mitzi.

"After today, the days will get longer.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“You need to choose bravery over shame," Leanne says. "Humility over pride. Otherwise, you're hiding the shadows.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“If only someone had been there to remind him that his life”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“punch bowl, which she fills with juice, ginger ale, and a container of rainbow sherbet, and arranges a platter of homemade sand tarts and peanut butter cookies with chocolate kiss centers.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“autumn salad of mixed greens, butternut squash, dried cranberries, goat cheese, and toasted pecans with an apple cider vinaigrette.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“only someone had been there to remind him that his life, someday, would be over and he should pay attention and enjoy while he could.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice

“woman out there watching—many of whom idolize Margaret and think of her as a pioneer who broke through very thick, very real glass ceilings—to know that success always comes with a price and that greatness often doesn’t allow for balance.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Winter Solstice