I write about messy relationships, and they put pastel covers on them, but I can't complain. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
It always takes two. For relationships to work, for them to break apart, for them to be fixed. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Being married cuts on your freedom. Having a husband or a relationship at all puts constraints on you. by Michael.” — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
My books are all relationship-focused, so much of my inspiration comes from my own relationships and the issues and concerns that arise… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“As of that moment, we had a secret, and having a secret—even a little one—creates a bond between two people.” — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Inevitably I draw on my own relationships when I write, so if I'm writing about a fight between a husband and his… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Their collective advice: don't settle. Keep looking. Find Mr. Right. That is what they all did. And by God, I think they… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
There are no absolutes in relationships. You can't take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“I decided that giving a girl a ring when you're not in a serious relationship is sort of like giving a guy… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“I was aware that we were both silently making those inevitable comparisons, putting our relationship in context. She is more this and… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share
I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge. — Emily Giffin Copy Share
“Well, anyway… it’s over,” I say, realizing that those two words lump me right in with a hoard of naive women who say it’s… — Emily Giffin Copy Share
There are two kinds of sorry. There is the sorry imbued with regret. And a pure sorry. The kind that is merely asking for… — Emily Giffin Copy Share
Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life... — Emily Giffin Copy Share
“It occurs to me that she is not unique--that all women compare lives. We are aware of whose husband works more, who helps more… — Emily Giffin Copy Share
“I desperately want to feel that way again. To be in a relationship that I’m not trying to script or water down. It’s about… — Emily Giffin Copy Share
I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share
I find my voice and manage to say those three one-syllable words back to him. Words I haven't uttered in a very, very long… — Emily Giffin Copy Share
i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds,… — Emily Giffin Copy Share
I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. — Emily Giffin Copy Share
“never had a good gut feeling. It wasn’t so much that I didn’t have faith in my team, but that I maintained the truest… — Emily Giffin Copy Share
