“People who like surprises want you to like surprises, too.” — Emily Giffin Surprises Copy Share Image
...recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void... — Emily Giffin Disappointment Copy Share Image
I think exercise is critical to my writing and an essential way to recharge. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to convey a message, I'm just trying to tell a story. — Emily Giffin Messages Copy Share Image
Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them. — Emily Giffin Change Copy Share Image
Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more. — Emily Giffin Love Copy Share Image
The best thing about being an author is writing stories and having people - strangers all over the world - connect with… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
For an interesting nonfiction read, I really enjoyed 'Quiet' by Susan Cain. I read it with my husband, who is a true… — Emily Giffin Books Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
How different this moment feels, for so many reasons. I tell myself that no two loves are identical - but that I… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I've always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I've always wanted to… — Emily Giffin Fiction Copy Share Image
Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I… — Emily Giffin Acts of kindness Copy Share Image
The whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing… — Emily Giffin Bears Copy Share Image
“I also appreciate Amy’s forty-something perspective that the thirties are a grind for many, and motherhood isn’t the constantly blissful journey everyone… — Emily Giffin Motherhood Copy Share Image
Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to… — Emily Giffin Adolescence Copy Share Image
Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“I decided that giving a girl a ring when you're not in a serious relationship is sort of like giving a guy… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Their collective advice: don't settle. Keep looking. Find Mr. Right. That is what they all did. And by God, I think they… — Emily Giffin Mr right Copy Share Image
“Someday being with Dex will be a distant memory. This fact makes me sad too. Its the initial stages of grief that… — Emily Giffin Grief Copy Share Image
“Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be… — Emily Giffin Memories Copy Share Image
I nod, thinking of how difficult marriage can be, how much effort is required to sustain a feeling between two people -… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. — Emily Giffin Hate Copy Share Image
(mother)" She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air. — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief. — Emily Giffin Anger 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
Don't you wish we could pick the people we love?" "Yeah," I say. "Or just make the people we love want the… — Emily Giffin People Copy Share Image
Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn't want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we… — Emily Giffin 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
“Would they retreat or move forward? Could they do this thing they were on the verge of doing? Did they have it… — Emily Giffin Decision Copy Share Image
That's how life is. Sometimes there are happy endings, sometimes there aren't, and more often there are shades of gray. — Emily Giffin 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 Copy Share Image
I find my voice and manage to say those three one-syllable words back to him. Words I haven't uttered in a very,… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
Whenever you make a big decision in life, at least any decision where you have a viable alternative, there is an inevitable… — Emily Giffin Aftermath Copy Share Image
