“And taking pride in your beauty is a damning act. Because you allow yourself to believe that the only thing notable about yourself is something with a very short shelf life.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“...I'd be interested in any tips you have for somebody starting out.” “Uh-huh,” I said, looking out the window. I decided, as we drove up the dark, winding streets of Harry's neighborhood, that if Nick asked me again, after we got to the airport, I was going to tell him that it's mostly luck. And that you have to be… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share
“That is the fastest way to ruin a woman’s reputation, after all—to imply that she has not adequately threaded the needle that is being… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Good things don’t wait until you’re ready. Sometimes they come right before, when you’re almost there. And I figured when that happens, you can… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“I’m cynical and I’m bossy, and most people would consider me vaguely immoral.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“Aurora was romantic and brooding and heartbreaking and volatile all at once. In the age of arena rock, Daisy Jones & The Six managed to create something that felt intimate even though it could still play to a stadium. They had the impenetrable drums and the searing solos—they had songs that felt relentless in the best way possible. But the… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share
“It’s always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one,… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“If I want things to change, I have to change how I do things. And probably drastically.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“You want that normal family life so bad. You wanted it so bad you met someone at nineteen and never looked back.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share Image
“Isn’t it awfully convenient,” Harry added, “that when men make the rules, the one thing that’s looked down on the most is the one thing that would bear them the greatest threat? Imagine if every single woman on the planet wanted something in exchange when she gave up her body. You’d all be ruling the place. An armed populace. Only… — Taylor Jenkins Reid Copy Share
