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So much of how we see the world is the matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.

Emily Giffin

So much of how we see the world is the matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.

Tags: collage, football, life, love, texas

No, scratch the word career. Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

Emily Giffin

No, scratch the word career. Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck.

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About Author
Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.
Her notable works include Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter and The One and Only.

What every girl dreams of when she's dumped is - that the guy will someday feel regrest and come back and tell her all about it. And the beauty of it is you have no regrets whatsoever.

Emily Giffin

What every girl dreams of when she's dumped is - that the guy will someday feel regrest and come back and tell her all about it. And the beauty of it is you have no regrets whatsoever.

Tags: romance

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...

Emily Giffin

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...

Tags: baby proof, bitter, emily giffin, sad, sorrow

You can love someone you mistrust.

Emily Giffin

You can love someone you mistrust.

Tags: claudia, emily giffin, love

You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can end up focusing on misleading factors. Stuff that really has more to do with personality-the fact that some people are simply more expressive or emotio...

Emily Giffin

You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can end up focusing on misleading factors. Stuff that really has more to do with personality-the fact that some people are simply more expressive or emotio...

Tags: claudia, emily giffin, love

After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?

Emily Giffin

After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?

Tags: boy, emily giffin, love, love the one you re with

Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we'd never take that perilous leap...

Emily Giffin

Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we'd never take that perilous leap...

Tags: love

I wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two loves.

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, two loves.

I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you're single among a room full of couples.

Emily Giffin

I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you're single among a room full of couples.

Tags: claudia, emily giffin, love

No second chances. It's not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I am a champion grudge holder, and I don't think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.

Emily Giffin

No second chances. It's not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I am a champion grudge holder, and I don't think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.

Tags: emily giffin, forgive, forgiveness, grudge

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 ha...

Emily Giffin

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 ha...

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

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.

Tags: life, choices, you

Anxiety was not an emotion I could ever remember feeling when I went out in New York, and I wondered why tonight felt so different. Maybe it was because I no longer had a boyfriend or fiance. I sudden...

Emily Giffin

Anxiety was not an emotion I could ever remember feeling when I went out in New York, and I wondered why tonight felt so different. Maybe it was because I no longer had a boyfriend or fiance. I sudden...

Pienso en todos los corazones que se están rompiendo en este momento, en Manhattan, en todo el mundo. En todo ese dolor abrumador. Hace que me sienta un poco menos sola pensar que hay otras personas q...

Emily Giffin

Pienso en todos los corazones que se están rompiendo en este momento, en Manhattan, en todo el mundo. En todo ese dolor abrumador. Hace que me sienta un poco menos sola pensar que hay otras personas q...

. . but I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.

Emily Giffin

. . but I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.

– Jeśli największą zaletą wczesnego rodzenia dzieci jest to, że szybciej masz je z głowy, a największą zaletą późnego rodzenia dzieci jest odwleczenie tej mordęgi, to czyż zupełna rezygnacja z dzieci...

Emily Giffin

– Jeśli największą zaletą wczesnego rodzenia dzieci jest to, że szybciej masz je z głowy, a największą zaletą późnego rodzenia dzieci jest odwleczenie tej mordęgi, to czyż zupełna rezygnacja z dzieci...

Tags: dzieci, dziecko

But one thing I have to say about Darcy and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first- which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do.

Emily Giffin

But one thing I have to say about Darcy and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first- which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do.

As I listen to Darcy breathing in the dark beside me, I wonder how we got to this. How we could be in love with the same person. How I coudl be sabotaging my best friend's engagement. In the final sec...

Emily Giffin

As I listen to Darcy breathing in the dark beside me, I wonder how we got to this. How we could be in love with the same person. How I coudl be sabotaging my best friend's engagement. In the final sec...

Throughout the ordeal, I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad. Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blame and hate. Focus my energy on something tha...

Emily Giffin

Throughout the ordeal, I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad. Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blame and hate. Focus my energy on something tha...