“If she liked him so darn much, she should have done something about it. Taken some real action.” — Emily Giffin Action Copy Share Image
“his unwavering confidence - but now, it feels like a brand of indifference” — Emily Giffin Confidence Copy Share Image
I think the most well-adjusted people live in the present with an eye toward the future - I'm not among those. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
[The] maid of honor - the unambiguous, grown-up equivalent of wearing best friend necklaces. — Emily Giffin Best friend Copy Share Image
You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
But I have learned that you can't just create your own timetable and will it to come true. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
The best thing about being an author is writing stories and having people - strangers all over the world - connect with… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it's important to follow your heart and be… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Everyone has a messed-up family to one extent or another but we all have an obligation to rise above it. Live in… — Emily Giffin Family Copy Share Image
“Don’t go giving this encounter any crazy meaning like you did with him the first time around. It doesn’t mean a thing.… — Emily Giffin Encounter Copy Share Image
“It is not what I had planned - this day, this moment, these unlikely relationships, both old and new. Yet I feel… — Emily Giffin Old and new Copy Share Image
I think that we have to consciously be aware that every moment we're in, every different stage in our lives, we can… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“I think to myself that when you're in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to fight… — Emily Giffin Love Copy Share Image
“They both continue to stare at each other, expressionless, motionless, in the weirdest standoff I've ever seen almost as if they're calling… — Emily Giffin Eye contact Copy Share Image
Maybe thats what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to… — Emily Giffin Fidelity Copy Share Image
And then there is Darcy. She is a woman who believes that things should fall into her lap, and, consequently, they do.… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“We are one of those couples I used to watch, thinking to myself that I'd never be on the inside of something… — Emily Giffin Couple Copy Share Image
Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations… — Emily Giffin Choice 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 Absolutes Copy Share Image
My name is Kirby Rose, and I'm adopted. I don't mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that's… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
To write convincingly, I think you must be able to relate, in some way, to what a character is experiencing. — Emily Giffin Character Copy Share Image
Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive. — Emily Giffin Anger Copy Share Image
I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to convey a message, I'm just trying to tell a story. — Emily Giffin Messages Copy Share Image
...recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void... — Emily Giffin Disappointment Copy Share Image
Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them. — Emily Giffin Change Copy Share Image
Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more. — Emily Giffin Love Copy Share Image
(mother)" She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief. — Emily Giffin Anger Copy Share Image
I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. — Emily Giffin Hate Copy Share Image
“You can’t go back,” he says. “Just look forward. You’re doing the right thing now.” — Emily Giffin Doing right Copy Share Image