The Hotel Nantucket Quotes

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“When deep August arrives, a certain melancholy sets in, the kind people get on a Sunday afternoon.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“The Fifth Key Lizbet Keaton’s Breakup Playlist “Good 4 U”—Olivia Rodrigo “All Too Well” (Taylor’s version)—Taylor Swift “If Looks Could Kill”—Heart “You Oughta Know”—Alanis Morissette “Far Behind”—Social Distortion “Somebody That I Used to Know”—Gotye “Marvin’s Room”—Drake “Another You”—Elle King “Gives You Hell”— The All-American Rejects “Kiss This”—The Struts “Save It for a Rainy Day”—Kenny Chesney “I Don’t Wanna Be in Love”—Good Charlotte “Best of You”—Foo Fighters “Rehab”—Rihanna “Better Now”—Post Malone “Forget You”—CeeLo Green “Salt”—Ava Max “Go Your Own Way”—Fleetwood Mac “Since U Been Gone”—Kelly Clarkson “Praying”—Kesha”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“I’ve always thought of mosaic as this big metaphor for my life,” she says. “All these jagged, incongruous pieces…” She holds up a small shard of milky jade-green glass. “These are like the things that happen to you. But if it’s laid out a certain way and if you take a step back from it, it makes sense.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“But the secret to success for any bathroom,” Lizbet says to Jill, “isn’t how it looks; it’s how it makes the guest look.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“Socrates: The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“She spent seventy-seven dollars at Wayfair on a framed quote attributed to Socrates: The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“Yet his mother always stocks the fridge like the offensive line of the Philadelphia Eagles are coming for dinner.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“quote attributed to Socrates: The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. She hangs”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“It’s none of my business,” Magda says. “I was just curious. I happen to believe, Chadwick, that even the biggest disasters can be cleaned up, and I’ll teach you to believe it too.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“into a”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“Hepburnnantucket.com;”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“Millyandgrace.com”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“would like a Reuben from Walter’s delivered to her room”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“seven dollars at Wayfair on a framed quote attributed to Socrates: The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. She”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“Hotels aren’t about rooms. They aren’t about amenities. They’re about people.” The people who work at the Nantucket Hotel and Resort are some of the very finest in the hospitality industry.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“If Magda were going to lead by example and share something, it might have been this: She’s thrilled to be working again. Her tidy and modest routine had grown dull; she was bored and more than once she had checked flights back to St. Thomas. She’d retired from cruise ships for good but there was a new resort opening on Lovango Cay and she thought she might head up housekeeping there. But then she’d heard from Xavier, who told her what he’d done—bought a hotel, sight unseen, on the island where she now lives.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“Alessandra’s”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“suddenly”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“spur”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“estate”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“She is a pineapple: standing tall, wearing a crown, and sweet on the inside!”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“He uses air quotes, which makes him seem like such a boomer. “I appreciate it.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“West Hartford”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“I’m a numbers guy. I was a math major at UConn back in the day.” He pumps a fist. “Go Huskies!”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“I’ve always thought of mosaic as this big metaphor for my life,” she says. “All these jagged, incongruous pieces…” She holds up a small shard of milky jade-green glass. “These are like the things that happen to you. But if it’s laid out a certain way and if you take a step back from it, it makes sense.” Edie”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“and asks how the hotel is coming along, Lizbet changes the subject to Sharon’s children. (Sharon has no interest in talking about her children; they’ve just become teenagers.)”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“bed and runs a hand over the duvet cover. “Matouk sheets?”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket

“and parking is often an issue. None of these is my favorite. I have thought long and hard and decided not to name my preferred south shore beach, because what I love about it is it’s not popular and never very crowded except by locals and summer residents. Because I feel guilty for holding back, I will say that if you want a terrific not-crowded beach, drive out to Miacomet Golf Course, but just before you reach the clubhouse, take a right onto the dirt road that leads past the big antenna.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Hotel Nantucket