Taylor Jenkins Reid

“charisma is “charm that inspires devotion.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I’m under absolutely no obligation to make sense to you.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

Try everything with an open heart, looking to fall in love.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“As if being in love is an excuse for anything.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Be wary of men with something to prove.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Widows don't accidentally flash their underwear at anyone.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Heartbreak is a loss. Divorce is a piece of paper.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“So, simply put, I'm not exactly impressed with myself.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Show me the real you, then. And I'll make sure the world understands.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“People have so closely followed the most intricate details of the fake story of my life.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

There are, essentially, as many opinions on marriage as there are people in the world.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Isn’t it nice … once you’ve outgrown the ideas of what life should be and you just enjoy what it is.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Sometimes divorce isn’t an earth-shattering loss. Sometimes it’s just two people waking up out of a fog.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“When it hurts so bad you don't think you can stand it, I say, squeeze my hand.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I punched someone in the library stacks, somewhere between 972.01 and 973.6”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“You think you know who you are, you think you have your identity down pat, signed and sealed in a box that…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Some marriages aren't really that great. Some loves aren't all-encompassing. Sometimes you separate because you weren't that good together to begin with.…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I've read the articles that show up in all the women's magazines about marital ruts and turning the heat up in your…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I have often lost whole days jumping from one Wikipedia article after another in an attempt to understand the full scope of…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I am constantly distracted by my own brain when I've completed a paragraph, realized I don't know what comes next, and start…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“It strikes me as a unique form of power to say your own name when you know that everyone in the room,…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“And taking pride in your beauty is a damning act. Because you allow yourself to believe that the only thing notable about…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I can't speak for all people who have been hit by someone they love, but what I can tell you is that…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Evelyn looks at me with purpose. "Do you understand what I'm telling you? When you're given an opportunity to change your life,…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I miss him all the time. But it’s moments like this, when I’m on the precipice of finally doing work that might…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I had moved across the country, taken internships, networked, worked long hours, and called in favors to get there. And I had…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“You and I will meet over the next however many days it takes, and I will tell you absolutely everything. And then…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“There is no failing or winning or losing … This is life, Lauren. This is love and marriage. If you stay married…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I listen to her and think about it, and I realize I would be an absolute moron to walk away from this,…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Isn’t it awfully convenient,” Harry added, “that when men make the rules, the one thing that’s looked down on the most is…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“April 18 Dear Ryan, I'm considering writing to one of those advice columnists about us. That's how confused I still am. When…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Christina died of a stroke in the fall of 1971, at the age of sixty-one. June watched the nurses take her mother's…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Do you think I'm a whore?” Harry pulled over to the side of the road and turned to me. “I think you're…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Grief is like a deep, dark hole. It calls like a siren: Come to me, lose yourself here. And you fight it…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I was reading a book about the cosmos recently,” he says, and then he looks around and goes, “Hold on, trust me,…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“There is nothing more romantic than this. Holding the very person you thought you lost, and knowing you'll never lose them again.…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“David clinks his wineglass to mine and smiles at me. You know what? Without the parsley there to distract you, it's quite…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I put my back against the wall. I slide down to the floor. I imagine Ryan sitting next to me. I imagine…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid