The Sixth Wedding Quotes

“good person, a mom and a teacher, a reader and a thinker, the most generous friend in what she was willing to accept and forgive.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“What are we talking about in 2023? We are talking about our shared grief. We are talking about our collective gratitude.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“Pain means you’re growing.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“and most especially the opportunity to hug our loved ones wherever we want, whenever we want. We honor the ones we have lost. What are we talking about in 2023? We are talking about our shared grief. We are talking about our collective gratitude.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“You’re taking time to process. You aren’t making excuses. You aren’t blaming anyone. It takes an extraordinary person to handle this kind of loss as graciously as you are.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“We are talking about our shared grief. We are talking about our collective gratitude.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“Leland had once read an interview with Toni Morrison where the author said she regretted a third of her life.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“the inside of the shell, the swirls of blue and purple—wampum, what used to be traded like money.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“I will never be disappointed if you strike out swinging. That means you tried.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“of 436 Park, which is the premier address in”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“Don’t you think everyone deserves to find love?” Link asks. “Isn’t that what we’re all programmed to search for? Someone we can connect with—a lover, a friend—someone to build a life with?”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“Leland had once read an interview with Toni Morrison where the author said she regretted a third of her life. Leland’s percentage was running a bit higher than that.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“You will never, ever understand how much I love you…until you have children of your own and then every word I’ve ever said will make perfect sense.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“You’re taking time to process. You aren’t making excuses. You aren’t blaming”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“anyone. It takes an extraordinary person to handle this kind of loss as graciously as you are.” At these words, Ursula sat up and stretched”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“She hadn’t seemed maternal enough, or like a devoted-enough wife. So much more was expected of a female candidate.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“All Ursula can come up with is that when people were alone in the voting booth, they couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a woman. The problem wasn’t Ursula. It was American society. Of course Ursula harbored plenty of private fears”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“Achieving is the most important thing to you. It’s more important than love, Bess said when she was fifteen years old. And wow—Ursula had felt that comment like a slap to the face. Bess has mellowed as she’s gotten”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“If I had stayed on Nantucket in 1993 instead of going home…my sister’s life, my friend Jake’s life, and my friend Fray’s life all would have been different.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding

“What are we talking about in 2023? We are talking about our shared grief. We are talking about our collective gratitude. Cooper In the summer of 2023, Cooper Blessing is fifty-six years old, and when he gets down on one knee on the sidewalk in front of the Red Star Bar & Grill in Fells Point, he’s momentarily concerned that he’ll need help getting back up.”
― Elin Hilderbrand, The Sixth Wedding