Anna, falling in love with you was like coming home to a place I didn't realize I'd been missing all my life. You're the only person I've ever known …

- Jennifer Chiaverini

One can never had too many librarian friends.

- Jennifer Chiaverini

Elizabeth Keckley was a woman of remarkable strength, courage, perseverance, and dignity. She was exceptionally talented, but also very diligent and …

- Jennifer Chiaverini

Who said you had to fill his shoes? Wear your own shoes. They're bound to fit better. Walk your own path your own way and you'll be more likely to ge…

- Jennifer Chiaverini

People who assume my books are only about quilts obviously haven't read them! I've always known that my books are about quilters - in other words, pe…

- Jennifer Chiaverini

When I was working on my first novel, 'The Quilter's Apprentice,' I knew I wanted to write about friendship, especially women's friendship and how wo…

- Jennifer Chiaverini

Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes, their disputes and …

- Jennifer Chiaverini

Over the years, I've traveled to many places for inspiration and research, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, California, and Hawaii.

- Jennifer Chiaverini

Sometimes the most ordinary things are the ones we learn to miss the most.

- Jennifer Chiaverini