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> [ “She \[Tate\] wanted to swim but hadn't brought her suit. She considered jumping in her shorts and T-shirt – but she was determined, from this point forward, to act like a grown woman. Not a woman like Anita Fullin or… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/she-tate-wanted-to-swim-but-hadn-t-brought-her-suit-she-considered/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

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## More by Elin Hilderbrand

> [“Perfect happiness existed, but perhaps only in small increments.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/perfect-happiness-existed-but-perhaps-only-in-small-increments/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [When you peered into the windows of someone else's life, you could only guess what was going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/when-you-peered-into-the-windows-of-someone-else-s-life-you-could/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [“The Greydon House is the new hot spot on Nantucket; Bart remembers when it was his dentist’s office. It has been reimagined as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/the-greydon-house-is-the-new-hot-spot-on-nantucket-bart-remembers/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [“It was like we had known all along that the sky was going to fall and then it fell and we pretended to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/it-was-like-we-had-known-all-along-that-the-sky-was-going-to-fall-and/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [I may not want to write every day, but I have no choice - there are deadlines to meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/i-may-not-want-to-write-every-day-but-i-have-no-choice-there-are/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [“Summer does something to the brain, " Beth said. "It's intoxicating. Everything shimmers ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/summer-does-something-to-the-brain-beth-said-it-s-intoxicating/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [“He has never known a woman so free from conceit, vanity, ambition, pretense. He has never known a woman so willing to show the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/he-has-never-known-a-woman-so-free-from-conceit-vanity-ambition/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [I was a huge fan of J. Courtney Sullivan's novel 'Maine,' and like that novel, 'Saint' is a family saga set in Boston. Irish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/i-was-a-huge-fan-of-j-courtney-sullivan-s-novel-maine-and-like-that/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [The world needs voices that are positive and grateful, and that can be me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/the-world-needs-voices-that-are-positive-and-grateful-and-that-can-be/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [Iowa City is okay as Midwestern cities go, but there's no food, no culture, no ocean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/iowa-city-is-okay-as-midwestern-cities-go-but-there-s-no-food-no/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [I consider reading to be part of my job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/i-consider-reading-to-be-part-of-my-job/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [I am a summer person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/i-am-a-summer-person/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [“The most important thing is that you go to bed each night believing you raised a hero.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/the-most-important-thing-is-that-you-go-to-bed-each-night-believing/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [“I love you in a way that is so powerful it lifts me up, it propels me forward. You propel me forward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/i-love-you-in-a-way-that-is-so-powerful-it-lifts-me-up-it-propels-me/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

> [I live a life very similar to my characters in that I live a full-blown summer fantasy from June to September. I go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elin-hilderbrand/i-live-a-life-very-similar-to-my-characters-in-that-i-live-a-full/)

[Elin Hilderbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elin-hilderbrand/)

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