Golden Girl Quotes

“Camus quote: In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“But Vivi has learned that where a person comes from means far less than what she makes of herself.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Even if Willa lives to be a hundred and is surrounded by children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren, she will still miss her mother. So all she can hope for are unexpected moments of grace.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Having a sister doesn’t always mean an automatic best friend.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“avocado toast with a slice of ripe hothouse tomato, a perfectly poached egg, and flaky sea salt on the excellent sourdough”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Phones,” he says to Andrea. “They’ll be the death of civilization.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“He will get it all out—his love, his denial, his shame, his rage, his sadness, his grief. And then, once he’s an empty vessel, he can accept his heartbreak, accept himself, and start to heal. When”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“There’s a line at the end of the song that goes ‘Golden girl, I’ll keep you forever.’ And that was the jumping-off point for my own song. Vivi was my golden girl. She was the one I would hold above all others.” He looks at Willa. “To this day, that’s true.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Underneath, they have chosen a Camus quote: In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Brett picks her up on Friday nights and they go together to Byers Field to watch the football games, though neither of them is the rah-rah type, and then they head to Antonio’s for pizza. On Saturdays, they do a few laps around the Parmatown Mall,”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Afterward, they drive around Parma and Seven Hills in Brett’s Buick Skylark playing 100.7 WMMS (the greatest rock station in America, right there in Cleveland) so loud that the soles of Vivi’s shoes vibrate against the dashboard as the crisp Ohio air rushes in through the open windows. They park on State Road Hill or the Canal Road over in Independence and make out.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Vivi was from a town called Parma, Ohio.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Sisters can be a mixed bag.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“If you, Vivi, had made JP feel more treasured, more loved, more central in your life, then he wouldn’t have gone outside the marriage to find affirmation.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“All I had to do was hug them, kiss them, rock them to sleep, read to them, tell them I was proud of them and that I was happy, so happy, that they were mine.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“where a person comes from means far less than what she makes of herself.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“I never had to be their best friend, I never had to be cool or funny, I didn’t have to make all those snacks or bring them treats from the grocery store or lavish them with gifts the Christmas that JP and I split; I didn’t have to drive them to the beach, picking up half a dozen friends on the way, when they could just as easily have ridden their bikes. All I had to do was hug them, kiss them, rock them to sleep, read to them, tell them I was proud of them and that I was happy, so happy, that they were mine.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“So all she can hope for are unexpected moments of grace.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“makes of herself.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Cloudstreet, by Tim Winton; Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison; White Fur, by Jardine Libaire; and—oh, baby—Adultery and Other Choices, by Andre Dubus, who might be the writer Vivi loves most.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Sea Wife, by Amity Gaige.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell?”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“an interrobang is an unorthodox combination of question mark and exclamation point. How did this happen?!!!???”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“At the hospital, an unfamiliar doctor told them that Vivi hadn't made it. She didn't make it was too gentle a phrase because it sounded like Vivi hadn't made it this time but could maybe try again.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Hello?” Vivi says. The woman standing before”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“insouciance”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“happier to”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“interrobang”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl

“Carson wakes up every day around noon, brushes her teeth, then pours Kahlua into her coffee or drinks a screwdriver. For lunch, she smokes some weed or eats a magic cookie. Before work, she drinks three shots of espresso and snorts some cocaine. Sometimes that’s too much, she can feel her heartbeat in her throat and her temples and her ass cheeks, so she tempers the high with a Valium. Some days—most days—she hits productive equilibrium. She comes to work and knocks down the crowd like she’s John Dillinger with a machine gun. During work, there’s more espresso and a bump or two in the ladies’ room. After work, the serious drinking begins—a couple of cocktails first, shots, then beer. Then weed and an Ativan or a Valium to fall asleep.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, Golden Girl