There are a lot of great love stories. It’s just the best thing. Why wouldn’t you write about it? Why wouldn’t you want to read about it? But it’s hard to write about. It’s weird to have such a powerful and universal feeling and hope that you can write that and make it real for people. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
Growing up, I’ll always remember knowing from movies and TV that there was a possibility that you wouldn’t fall in love. I always thought, ‘Oh my God, I hope I’m not that person.’ Isabel Gillies Read Quote
Anita Shreve is an author I adore. I rip through her meaty books and get off on the robust romance immensely – especially if I am feeling less than robust in my real life. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
If you are heartbroken and can’t face the world, you need something with a fantastic plot. You won’t be able to read anything boring because your attention span when you are heartbroken decreases by three-quarters. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
Reading cookbooks will help with just about anything in your life, including heartbreak. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
No one is all good or all bad, and there’s many different ways to go about your life. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
I really think the human experience is very similar for everyone; we’re all doing slightly different versions of the same thing. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
My mother worked full-time running a foundation, but she found all the time in the world to have supper ready every night, feed us shirred eggs on the weekends, and produce a leg of lamb for my fourth-grade Bedouin feast at school. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
In New York, everybody looks great and is well dressed, but seeing someone in Ohio wearing Marc Jacobs is like spotting an owl in Central Park. Rare. Isabel Gillies Read Quote
