Taylor Jenkins Reid

“It cost so much, caring. I didn't have any currency to spend on it.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“And still, I wanted it. I hadn’t gotten on my back just to take a baby step.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“That’s the part I was stuck in, the part where you accept the apology because it’s easier than addressing the root of…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

You don't realize how strong you are until you have to help someone else stand up.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Don't ignore half of me so you can fit me into a box. Don't do that.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I've heard urban legends about the safety of a mothers arms and that sounds pretty good right now.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“People say it’s hard to be away from the people you love, but it was so hard to be right next to…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“If you like your evening plans you aren't allowed to regret what led you to them.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“What's that saying? Behind every gorgeous woman, there's a man sick of screwing her? Well, it works both ways. No one mentions…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“For a brief moment, I wonder if I would have listened to him if he hadn't died. Would I have clung to…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“We are tied to each other. We can hate and love, miss and loathe each other all within the same breath. We…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“But of course, they got it wrong. They never did care about getting it right. The media are going to tell whatever…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“When you’re given an opportunity to change your life, be ready to do whatever it takes to make it happen. The world…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“The thought I kept hearing in my head was "Go for a little while just for a break. You don't have to…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

There is nothing quite like having your book read and truly understood. It's all the better when it's someone who knows how…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“She always made sure the bad was outweighed by so much good. I...well, I didn't do that for her. I made it…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I'd sing all day, every day, all the time if I thought it didn't sound like dying cats.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I worked in feature film casting right out of college and spent a lot of time working with actors, directors, and producers.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

You can't write about an iconic Hollywood star of the sixties without bumping up against Elizabeth Taylor.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“You should know this about the rich: they always want to get richer. It is never boring, getting your hands on more…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Good things don't wait until you're ready. Sometimes they come right before, when you're almost there.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Just because you can live without someone doesn’t mean you want to.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“This apartment is acting like nothing has changed. Everything has changed. I tell the walls he's gone.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“He's never coming back. Whether you go or you don't go. So get in the car, because it's the last thing you…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“You wonder what it must be like to be a man, to be so confident that the final say is yours.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I guess what I’m saying is it’s not all luck. It’s luck and being a son of a bitch.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I know it will be OK because everything is OK in the end. And if it’s not OK, it’s not the end.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I have to look forward, into a future where you cannot be. Instead of back, to a past filled with what we…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“When you’re on the road, you don’t really have to deal with real life. It’s almost like hitting the pause button.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“My mother raised me to be polite, to be demure. I have long operated under the idea that civility is subservience. But…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Relationships are complex,” Evelyn says. “People are messy, and love can be ugly. I'm included to always err on the side of…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“And then his voice breaks, and the tears fall from his eyes, and he truly looks at me for maybe the first…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“I decided that was my answer to questions of fate. I could go around asking myself what if x hadn't happened, and…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you. Other times reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a…

— Taylor Jenkins Reid