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Nancy Thayer, born in 1943, is an American novelist known for her works that depict the landscapes and lives of people in New England, which have won the favor of readers.

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Famous Nancy Thayer Quotes

“Somewhere I read that human beings are the only creatures to spend the present driving themselves crazy about the future.”

Summer Globe

Book:The Guest Cottage

Source: The Guest Cottage

“Sophie felt as if she were encased in a glass globe called summer.”

Summer Globe

Author:Nancy Thayer

“Nantucket is a place where some kind of magic happens, it's where I met my husband 32 years ago, and we've been together since the day we met. It's the kind of place that when people come here, they think they'll be happy. I see people falling in love or recovering from some conflict here, and I wanted to capture that.”

People Thinking Love Years Kind Happens Wanted Together Fall Magic Mets Husband Conflict Years Ago Falling In Love My Husband Capture Recovering Nantucket

Author:Nancy Thayer

“You know if you pick up a beach read, you're excused from the problems in your own life and safe in a world with conflicts you understand, and you know you will get a happy ending.”

Ifs Knows World Life Problem Safe Conflict Picks Beach Happy Endings

Author:Nancy Thayer

“No matter how wild the winds or rough the seas of life, libraries stand ready, beaming their reliable lights, guiding us toward knowledge, pleasure, consolation, wisdom, and hope.”

Matter Light Pleasure Sea Ready Wind Library Rough Consolation

Author:Nancy Thayer

“It is never, never too late, in a story or in real life, to correct.”

Real Stories Late Real Life Too Late Never Too Late

Author:Nancy Thayer

“It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise.”

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Author:Nancy Thayer

“No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart.”

Knows Heart Girl Boys Break Know How Broken Broken Heart Glances Break Through Bad Boy Heart Broke Cute Girl

Book:Morning

Source: Morning

“Who is getting more pleasure from this rocking, the baby or me?”

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Author:Nancy Thayer

“The universe is always speaking to us... sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities,reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else, something more.”

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Book:Beachcombers: A Novel

Source: Beachcombers: A Novel

“I have discovered the meaning of life. It resides in what I can wrest from each day that I live.”

I Can Serious Meaning Of Life Each Day

Author:Nancy Thayer

About the Author

Born: 1943
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 11

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Beachcombers: A NovelRelated source material

MorningRelated source material

The Guest CottageRelated source material

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