This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“His words are like the sound of a needle dragging across a record. A sinking, sickening feeling washes over me. This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as… — 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
