For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.

- Elin Hilderbrand

Sometimes you regret the things you do, but they're over and done. Regretting the things you didn't do is tougher because they're still out there, ha…

- Elin Hilderbrand

Iowa City is okay as Midwestern cities go, but theres no food, no culture, no ocean.

- Elin Hilderbrand

Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.

- Elin Hilderbrand

If you love something, set it free. If it was meant to be, it will come back to you. But this, of course, was bullshit. If you loved something and le…

- Elin Hilderbrand

To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, to be late is to be forgotten.

- Elin Hilderbrand

When you peered into the windows of someone else's life, you could only guess what was going on.

- Elin Hilderbrand

I am a summer person.

- Elin Hilderbrand