Author: Isabel Gillies

Quotes

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

I've always liked the idea of memoirs, going into someone else's life, going through someone else's day and getting out of your own head.

I've always liked the idea of memoirs, going into someone else's life, going through someone else's day and getting out of your own head.

- 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

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

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

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 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

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