She wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all -… — Emily Giffin Fool Copy Share Image
It's like Brad Pitt for us. You might not like blond men with pretty features, but c'mon, it's Brad. You're not going… — Emily Giffin Bed Copy Share Image
No matter what the circumstances. I am more like most men in this regard. No second chances. It's not so much about… — Emily Giffin Champion Copy Share Image
I'm going to keep seeing him as much as I can. We'll see what happens," I say, realizing that just "seeing what… — Emily Giffin Going for it Copy Share Image
Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion.… — Emily Giffin Belief Copy Share Image
I have increasingly steeled myself to criticism, but it still can sting, especially when you feel that it is unfair - or… — Emily Giffin Book Copy Share Image
I was actually born in Baltimore! Although I moved away when I was quite young and consider Chicago to be my hometown,… — Emily Giffin Born Copy Share Image
I wondered why I was so startled by the encounter when there was something that seemed utterly inevitable about the moment. Not… — Emily Giffin Business Copy Share Image
“I have a fleeting fantasy of telling her that procreation isn't a contest, any more than SAT scores and making the cheerleading… — Emily Giffin Life Copy Share Image
Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for… — Emily Giffin Awful Copy Share Image
Inevitably I draw on my own relationships when I write, so if I'm writing about a fight between a husband and his… — Emily Giffin Draws 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 Believe Copy Share Image
“On a subconscious level, I subscribe to the notion that if you worry about something, it is somehow less likely to happen.… — Emily Giffin Fear Copy Share Image
“They were all true—and still are—but were better left unsaid, just as I decided never to confess to Andy how close I… — Emily Giffin Ties that bind Copy Share Image
Darcy, the heroine of 'Something Blue,' is quite shallow and opinionated. At one point, she commented that she dislikes 'gingers,' i.e., men… — Emily Giffin Blue Copy Share Image
“I flash a fake smile of my own, refraining from telling her what I'm really thinking: that it's an unwise karmic move… — Emily Giffin Blow job Copy Share Image
Anxiety was not an emotion I could ever remember feeling when I went out in New York, and I wondered why tonight… — Emily Giffin Affection Copy Share Image
“I know what I have to say. I think of Hillary's advice, how she has been telling me to say something all… — Emily Giffin First time Copy Share Image
“He was my escape, and sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.” — Emily Giffin Escape Copy Share Image
But I have learned that you can't just create your own timetable and will it to come true. — Emily Giffin Creativity Copy Share Image
You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again. — Emily Giffin Checks Copy Share Image
I didn't drink in high school, and neither did any of my boyfriends. — Emily Giffin Any Copy Share Image
[The] maid of honor - the unambiguous, grown-up equivalent of wearing best friend necklaces. — Emily Giffin Best friend Copy Share Image
I like to match what I wear to my book jacket - it's a little bit cheesy, but it's my thing. — Emily Giffin Book Copy Share Image
I think that we have to consciously be aware that every moment we're in, every different stage in our lives, we can… — Emily Giffin Aware Copy Share Image
“and then realize it’s not Peter I miss, but the idea of what I once thought we shared.” — Emily Giffin Realize Copy Share Image
And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her. — Emily Giffin Friend Copy Share Image
I've been obsessed with the Kennedys since I was a child, and Bobby Kennedy is, hands down, my favorite among them. — Emily Giffin Bobby kennedy Copy Share Image
You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors. — Emily Giffin Love Copy Share Image
“knowing that I would belong to him for as long as he wanted to keep me. And, as it turned out, even… — Emily Giffin Long Copy Share Image
“You can’t go back,” he says. “Just look forward. You’re doing the right thing now.” — Emily Giffin Doing right Copy Share Image
“I feel freer with Dex than I ever did single, I feel more myself with him than without maybe true love does… — Emily Giffin Love Copy Share Image
Well, shoes, bags and clutches are usually my big weaknesses - my husband always laughs when I call them 'investment pieces. — Emily Giffin Bags Copy Share Image
I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset… — Emily Giffin Beginning Copy Share Image
The best reason to pray is that God is really there. In praying our unbelief starts to melt. God moves smack into… — Emily Giffin God is real Copy Share Image
But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else.… — Emily Giffin Happiness Copy Share Image
Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should… — Emily Giffin Areas Copy Share Image
It was the same night I gave myself to him completely, knowing that I would belong to him for as long as… — Emily Giffin Knowing 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 Believe Copy Share Image
“And I love the beret. Just glad that it wasn’t raspberry.” “Or from a secondhand store,” he deadpanned. “Although I would love… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image