A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life. — Emily Giffin Children 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
“He was my escape, and sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.” — Emily Giffin Escape Copy Share Image
“I exposed every part of myself to him, keeping no secrets, no defense mechanism in place.” — Emily Giffin Defense mechanism Copy Share Image
“Still, I don't like his use of the word fine. I want to be better than fine.” — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
When I meet someone I like being with more than I like being alone, I'll marry her. — Emily Giffin Marriage Copy Share Image
I did read all my old diaries and was quite surprised by the overwhelming melancholic tone. I remember things being rosier than… — Emily Giffin Being Copy Share Image
“It is not what I had planned - this day, this moment, these unlikely relationships, both old and new. Yet I feel… — Emily Giffin Old and new 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
It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of… — Emily Giffin Children Copy Share Image
Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits. — Emily Giffin 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 Copy Share Image
“I'm far from fat, but her using me as a sounding board on this topic is like me complaining to a blind… — Emily Giffin Humor 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 Copy Share Image
The worst thing about this particular end (of my youth) and the beginning (of middle age) is that for the first time… — Emily Giffin Age Copy Share Image
When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall… — 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 Career Copy Share Image
“Because Marian was the love of my life. For a long time. And that's the kind of information you share when you're… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“I think I have always had the misguided sense that worry and fear serve as an insurance policy of sorts. On a… — Emily Giffin Fear Copy Share Image
“Like the perfect beach vacation, where the routine is so blissfully uneventful that when you return home and friends ask how your… — Emily Giffin Habits Copy Share Image
“So I guess what I'm trying to say is that life is fast. And it keeps speeding up. Sometimes I lose track… — Emily Giffin Fleeting moments 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
“That although I love Nick, on most days I don't think he lassoed the moon” — Emily Giffin Love Copy Share Image
But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love. — Emily Giffin Accidents Copy Share Image
Happiness is the best revenge, you know? Just be happy. It's a choice. — Emily Giffin Best revenge Copy Share Image
“and more important, did he love me as much as he once loved me?” — Emily Giffin Doubt Copy Share Image
I write about messy relationships, and they put pastel covers on them, but I can't complain. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end, You'll have no time for grievin'.” — Emily Giffin Grieving Copy Share Image
