Author: Isabel Gillies

Quotes

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.'

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

When I was growing up, my mother worked, and in the evenings, the whole family would sit around the dinner table and recount the day.

When I was growing up, my mother worked, and in the evenings, the whole family would sit around the dinner table and recount the day.

- Isabel Gillies

When you have a traumatic event in your life, you change. You're not the same person you were, and you have to discover who you've become.

When you have a traumatic event in your life, you change. You're not the same person you were, and you have to discover who you've become.

- Isabel Gillies

I really think the human experience is very similar for everyone; we're all doing slightly different versions of the same thing.

I really think the human experience is very similar for everyone; we're all doing slightly different versions of the same thing.

- Isabel Gillies

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.

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

Life is funny, at the same time being totally harsh.

Life is funny, at the same time being totally harsh.

- Isabel Gillies

Sometimes it makes me sad that I didn't get to have one family for my entire life.

Sometimes it makes me sad that I didn't get to have one family for my entire life.

- Isabel Gillies

I love teenagers. I loved being a teenager.

I love teenagers. I loved being a teenager.

- Isabel Gillies

Reading cookbooks will help with just about anything in your life, including heartbreak.

Reading cookbooks will help with just about anything in your life, including heartbreak.

- Isabel Gillies

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