Emily Giffin Quotes - Page 3

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• This time, I whispered that I loved him too. Then, I silently listed all the reason: I loved him for his gentleness. I loved him for being an amazing catch yet still vulnerable enough to be insecure. But most of all, I loved him for loving me.

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  Insecure, Vulnerable, Reason

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Blue: A Novel”, p.289, Macmillan

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• You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors.

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  Wind, Trying, Factors

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.48, Macmillan

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• Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion. You also have the old standby catchall—the blind belief in fate, the whole "things happening for a reason" drill.

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  Fate, Blind Belief, Sorrow

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.49, Macmillan

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• I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.

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  Mad, Being Sad, Easier

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.52, Macmillan

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• Luck is buying a lottery ticket along with your Yoo-hoo and striking it rich. Nothing about my life is lucky- it is all about hard work, it is all uphill struggle.

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  Struggle, Hard Work, Luck

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.38, Macmillan

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• Don't you wish we could pick the people we love?" "Yeah," I say. "Or just make the people we love want the same things we want.

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  People, Wish, Want

  Emily Giffin (2014). “The Emily Giffin Collection: Volume 2: Baby Proof, Where We Belong, Heart of the Matter”, p.281, St. Martin's Press

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• I will find the good in this loss. I will make something happen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

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  Loss, Happened, Happens

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.55, Macmillan

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• Whenever you make a big decision in life, at least any decision where you have a viable alternative, there is an inevitable uneasy aftermath. Anxiety is merely a sign that you're taking something seriously.

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  Decision, Anxiety, Aftermath

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.68, Macmillan

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• Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend.

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  Lines, Loses, Attraction

  Emily Giffin (2015). “Borrowed & Blue: Something Borrowed, Something Blue”, p.577, St. Martin's Griffin

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• There is no grief like heartbreak.

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  Grief

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.119, Macmillan

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• there is always something comforting about knowing that you are not alone. That other people feel the way you do. That you are a bit screwed up, but still normal.

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  Knowing, People, Comforting

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.196, Macmillan

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• Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right person for you. That takes some time to figure out

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  Might, Sometimes, Figures

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.275, Macmillan

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• Surely he knows we are all watching. That I am watching. It is always that way when you are in a group and someone decides to go for a swim or walk to the water. The ocean is a giant stage. It is natural that the others watch, if only for a moment.

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  Ocean, Water, Swim

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.122, Macmillan

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• I had seen the light, come to believe that a wedding should be about a feeling between two people, not a show for the masses...It was a magical, romantic evening, and although I occasionally wish I had worn a slightly fancier dress, and that Nick and I had danced on our wedding night, I have no real regrets about the way we chose to do things.

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  Regret, Real, Believe

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• It was about grace, she decides, something that has been missing from her own life. ... She wants to be the kind of person who can bestow unearned kindness on another, replace bitterness with empathy, forgive only for the sake of forgiving.

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  Kindness, Empathy, Missing

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• Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

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  Writing, Character, Long

  Interview with Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. July 16, 2012.

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• I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.

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  Perfect, Trying, Impossible

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• For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.

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  Running, Husband, Light

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• I don't really know why I went to law school.

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  School, Law, Law School

  "Cnn Saturday Morning News" by Randi Kaye, www.cnn.com. July 28, 2012.

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• I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.

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  Book, Character, Age

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• I like to match what I wear to my book jacket - it's a little bit cheesy, but it's my thing.

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  Book, Cheesy, Littles

  "Book Corner: Emily Giffin's Latest Novel: Where We Belong". Interview with Kristin Buettner, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 9, 2012.

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• I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

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  Real, Writing, Character

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• Well, shoes, bags and clutches are usually my big weaknesses - my husband always laughs when I call them 'investment pieces.'

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  Husband, Shoes, Laughing

  "Book Corner: Emily Giffin's Latest Novel: Where We Belong". Interview with Kristin Buettner, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 9, 2012.

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• A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.

  Emily Giffin

  Book, Choices, Want

  "Book Corner: Emily Giffin's Latest Novel: Where We Belong". Interview with Kristin Buettner, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 9, 2012.

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• I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are?

  Emily Giffin

  Secret, Doe, Who We Are

  Interview with Evelyn Crowley, www.goodreads.com. July, 2012.

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