American - Actress | February 9, 1970 -
You find out what you are made of when you have a broken heart. If it happens early and often, all the better.
Isabel Gillies
HeartBrokenBroken HeartBetterYou
The Oberlin/Cleveland area is where the underground railroad came out, so it's an interesting historical place. I love Ohio and really loved Oberlin.
LoveLovedInterestingPlaceOut
I really think the human experience is very similar for everyone; we're all doing slightly different versions of the same thing.
ExperienceThinkDoingHumanSame
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.
LifeChangeYouPersonBecomeSame
When your heart is broken, you feel like no freaking book in the world could help you because a book is not the person who you love, who doesn't love you. However, books help, if only because they serve as something you can hold in your hand and throw across the room in agony.
LoveHeartBrokenWorldBookHelp
When I think of the moment I knew that my marriage to Josiah would end, there were a few moments before I really, really knew. I probably knew, when I saw my ex-husband and his now wife - then colleague - having tea together in his office, that something was amiss.
MarriageMomentTogetherWifeTea
Skeptical of strangers, lobstermen are keepers of secrets, working in the howling wind and hot sun, the icy snows, and bewildering fog. When I was growing up, the lore was that they had the right to shoot anyone who messed with their traps.
SunFogGrowing UpWindStrangers
Sprinkling drops of lavender and clary-sage oil into a bath is a totally simple yet complex pleasure.
SimpleBathOilPleasureDrops
My mother has always been a worker bee, but she's also a serious foodie.
MotherBeeSeriousSheAlwaysBeen
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.
LifeDaySomeoneAlwaysOutHead
There are a lot of great love stories. It's just the best thing. Why wouldn't you write about it? Why wouldn't you want to read about it? But it's hard to write about. It's weird to have such a powerful and universal feeling and hope that you can write that and make it real for people.
LoveHopeGreatBestPeopleWeird
Reading cookbooks will help with just about anything in your life, including heartbreak.
LifeReadingHelpWillAnything
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Isabel Gillies quotes