Protagonists Quotes by Emily Giffin

I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person.

— Emily Giffin

I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge.

— Emily Giffin

“Grab his penis like this, and I guarantee, it’s a done deal.”

— Emily Giffin

“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

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

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

“You can never be too sure when it comes to things that matter most”

— Emily Giffin

“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

“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

I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.

— Emily Giffin

There is no grief like heartbreak.

— Emily Giffin

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

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

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

— Emily Giffin

“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