--- title: "10 Sometimes Quotes By Emily Giffin" description: "10 Sometimes quotes by Emily Giffin. Plus more from Emily Giffin and more Sometimes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/emily-giffin-938_endings_that-s-how-life-is-sometimes-there-are-h_2210049.png" --- > [That's how life is. Sometimes there are happy endings, sometimes there aren't, and more often there are shades of gray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/that-s-how-life-is-sometimes-there-are-happy-endings-sometimes-there/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/emily-giffin-938_endings_that-s-how-life-is-sometimes-there-are-h_2210049.png) > [Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right person for you. That takes some time to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/well-because-sometimes-you-love-someone-but-they-might-not-be-the/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/emily-giffin-938_figures_well-because-sometimes-you-love-someone_317941.png) > [Life's not black-and-white. Sometimes the ends justifies the means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/life-s-not-black-and-white-sometimes-the-ends-justifies-the-means/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2da/emily-giffin-938_black_life-s-not-black-and-white-sometimes-the_145805.png) > [And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/and-like-a-favorite-old-movie-sometimes-the-sameness-in-a-friend-is/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/emily-giffin-938_friend_and-like-a-favorite-old-movie-sometimes_2587556.png) > [I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Zoe one of the very saddest notions in love and life:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-spend-the-rest-of-the-afternoon-trying-to-explain-to-zoe-one-of-the/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91c/emily-giffin-938_afternoon_i-spend-the-rest-of-the-afternoon-trying_2930632.png) > [I think of how life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes through sheer happenstance, sometimes through calculated decisions. In the end, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-think-of-how-life-takes-unexpected-twists-and-turns-sometimes/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/emily-giffin-938_decision_i-think-of-how-life-takes-unexpected-twi_197614.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/my-name-is-kirby-rose-and-i-m-adopted-i-don-t-mean-to-make-it-sound/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93b/emily-giffin-938_adopted_my-name-is-kirby-rose-and-i-m-adopted-i_1541133.png) > [I try to be true to the characters that I've created and sometimes I disagree with them, but their opinions about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-try-to-be-true-to-the-characters-that-i-ve-created-and-sometimes-i/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a69/emily-giffin-938_being-true_i-try-to-be-true-to-the-characters-that_716046.png) > [When you’re in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to keep your pride. It’s a balance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/when-you-re-in-love-sometimes-you-have-to-swallow-your-pride-and/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/emily-giffin-938_balance_when-you-re-in-love-sometimes-you-have-t_1343525.png) > [Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/looking-back-i-question-whether-i-really-loved-nate-or-just-the/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/emily-giffin-938_awful_looking-back-i-question-whether-i-really_3057472.png) ## Other authors on Sometimes ## More by Emily Giffin > [I try to have something in common with my protagonists, especially when I'm writing in the first person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-try-to-have-something-in-common-with-my-protagonists-especially/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) > [I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-think-exercise-is-critical-to-my-writing-and-an-essential-way-to/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) > [“Grab his penis like this, and I guarantee, it’s a done deal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/grab-his-penis-like-this-and-i-guarantee-it-s-a-done-deal/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/well-anyway-it-s-over-i-say-realizing-that-those-two-words-lump-me/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/there-are-two-kinds-of-sorry-there-is-the-sorry-imbued-with-regret/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/throw-in-the-intensity-of-emotions-that-come-with-that-bittersweet/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) > [“You can never be too sure when it comes to things that matter most”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/you-can-never-be-too-sure-when-it-comes-to-things-that-matter-most/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/it-occurs-to-me-that-she-is-not-unique-that-all-women-compare-lives/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-desperately-want-to-feel-that-way-again-to-be-in-a-relationship/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) > [I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-always-find-something-in-common-with-my-protagonist-particularly/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) > [There is no grief like heartbreak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/there-is-no-grief-like-heartbreak/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-find-my-voice-and-manage-to-say-those-three-one-syllable-words-back/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-wish-i-could-freeze-this-moment-somehow-delay-my-final-decision-and/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) > [I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-try-to-write-about-real-women-real-people-in-other-words-flawed/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/never-had-a-good-gut-feeling-it-wasn-t-so-much-that-i-didn-t-have/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sometimes/emily-giffin/#itemlist", "name": "10 Sometimes Quotes By Emily Giffin", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's how life is. 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