The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

"I spent so long being what everyone needed that I forgot to be what I wanted."

"Forgiveness isn't about letting someone off the hook; it's about freeing yourself."

"I was a artist, not a wife, no matter what the ring on my finger said."

"Sometimes the most dangerous thing is telling someone who you really are."

"The version of myself I created was stronger than the truth ever could be."

"I learned to turn my pain into my greatest asset."

"Heartbreak is just love with nowhere left to go."

"I made peace with the fact that I would never be what people expected."

"The camera doesn't see you; it sees what you want it to see."

"I was always the star of my own story, whether anyone else wanted to watch."

"Loyalty is a rare thing, and even rarer when it's real."

"I've learned that power is the only currency that matters in this town."

"Some people are worth the scandal."

"I became what they wanted to see, and I lost what I actually was."

"The thing about secrets is they corrode you from the inside out."

"I was always better at being wanted than at wanting."

"Monogamy is a fiction we tell ourselves to feel less alone."

"I learned that the world doesn't owe you anything, and you don't owe the world the truth."

"Sometimes the person you want most is the person you're best at walking away from."

"I'm not interested in being a footnote in someone else's story."

"I learned that the cost of a dream is always higher than you think it will be"

"The only way to survive this town is to refuse to play by their rules"

"I was a paradox: the most famous woman nobody really knew"

"Some people are worth rewriting history for"

"I learned that legacy is what you leave behind when you finally stop running"

"The truth will set you free, but first it will destroy you"

"I wanted to be loved for who I was, not who I pretended to be"

"Sometimes being strong means admitting you're broken"

"I learned that glamour is just pain dressed up in sequins"

"The world will try to define you. Don't let it."