--- title: "15 Want Quotes By Emily Giffin" description: "15 Want quotes by Emily Giffin. Plus more from Emily Giffin and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/emily-giffin-938_expect_i-do-not-expect-to-get-what-i-want-so-i_1499802.png" --- > [I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/i-do-not-expect-to-get-what-i-want-so-i-don-t-and-i-don-t-even-try/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/emily-giffin-938_expect_i-do-not-expect-to-get-what-i-want-so-i_1499802.png) > [What if two people want to be your partner, then what?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/what-if-two-people-want-to-be-your-partner-then-what/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad3/emily-giffin-938_partner_what-if-two-people-want-to-be-your-partn_1045540.png) > [But certainly not everyday you can find someone who wants to have a monogamous relationship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/but-certainly-not-everyday-you-can-find-someone-who-wants-to-have-a/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/emily-giffin-938_everyday_but-certainly-not-everyday-you-can-find_1770984.png) > [My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/my-wants-are-simple-a-job-that-i-like-and-a-guy-whom-i-love/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/emily-giffin-938_boyfriend_my-wants-are-simple-a-job-that-i-like-an_2341616.png) > [The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/the-person-who-wants-out-of-the-relationship-always-gets-her-way/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/emily-giffin-938_person_the-person-who-wants-out-of-the-relation_903433.png) > [Don't you wish we could pick the people we love?" "Yeah," I say. "Or just make the people we love want the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/don-t-you-wish-we-could-pick-the-people-we-love-yeah-i-say-or-just/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa6/emily-giffin-938_people_don-t-you-wish-we-could-pick-the-people_1743099.png) > [He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn't want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/he-threw-in-the-towel-before-we-were-tested-maybe-because-he-didn-t/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/emily-giffin-938_enough_he-threw-in-the-towel-before-we-were-tes_958364.png) > [But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/but-i-have-learned-that-you-make-your-own-happiness-that-part-of/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/emily-giffin-938_happiness_but-i-have-learned-that-you-make-your-ow_2619042.png) > [Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it's important to follow your heart and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/everyone-wants-to-belong-or-be-a-part-of-something-bigger-than/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/emily-giffin-938_be-true-to-yourself_everyone-wants-to-belong-or-be-a-part-of_1478928.jpg) > [A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/a-theme-in-a-lot-of-my-books-and-in-my-own-life-is-making-choices/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/emily-giffin-938_book_a-theme-in-a-lot-of-my-books-and-in-my-o_3005852.png) > [No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/no-scratch-the-word-career-careers-are-for-people-who-wish-to-advance/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/emily-giffin-938_career_no-scratch-the-word-career-careers-are-f_2497591.png) > [No scratch the word "career". Careers are people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/no-scratch-the-word-career-careers-are-people-who-wish-to-advance-i/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fc/emily-giffin-938_career_no-scratch-the-word-career-careers-are-p_533270.png) > [The worst thing about this particular end (of my youth) and the beginning (of middle age) is that for the first time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/the-worst-thing-about-this-particular-end-of-my-youth-and-the/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/emily-giffin-938_age_the-worst-thing-about-this-particular-en_2061924.jpg) > [And then there is Darcy. She is a woman who believes that things should fall into her lap, and, consequently, they do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/and-then-there-is-darcy-she-is-a-woman-who-believes-that-things/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/emily-giffin-938_believe_and-then-there-is-darcy-she-is-a-woman-w_1249607.png) > [It was about grace, she decides, something that has been missing from her own life. ... She wants to be the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-giffin/it-was-about-grace-she-decides-something-that-has-been-missing-from/) [Emily Giffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-giffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/emily-giffin-938_bitterness_it-was-about-grace-she-decides-something_1993993.png) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/emily-giffin/#itemlist", "name": "15 Want Quotes By Emily Giffin", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. 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