I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Don't you wish we could pick the people we love?" "Yeah," I say. "Or just make the people we love want the… — 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
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
I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
there is always something comforting about knowing that you are not alone. That other people feel the way you do. That you… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
No scratch the word "career". Careers are people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. This is… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I had seen the light, come to believe that a wedding should be about a feeling between two people, not a show… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
There are people and places and events you'd prefer to forget or at least gloss over. In the end, you can slap… — Emily Giffin 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
I nod, thinking of how difficult marriage can be, how much effort is required to sustain a feeling between two people -… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters. I find flawed characters much more interesting… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I had never understood what people meant when they said they'd rather be alone if they couldn't be in the right relationship.… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can end up focusing on misleading factors. Stuff that really has more to… — 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 Image
I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
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 Image
