Emily Giffin
Emily Giffin
Emily Fisk Giffinis an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 March 1972
CountryUnited States of America
Emily Giffin quotes about
life-and-love heart games
I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Zoe one of the very saddest notions in love and life: sometimes the timing is wrong--and sometimes you realize the heart of the matter way to late in the game.
unforgivable if-you-truly-love-someone love-someone
Really-nothing is unforgivable if you truly love someone.
fleeting human-nature occasional
It's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved.
towels want failing
He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn't want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we would fail. Maybe because, at the time, he just didn't love me enough.
kindness past small-acts
Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt in my glamorous, Jimmy Choo filled past.
like-being-alone
When I meet someone I like being with more than I like being alone, I'll marry her.
kindness empathy missing
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.
redemption i-can accidents
But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love.
guilt energy waste
Guilt is a supreme waste of time and energy.
sheep views world
Then he continues his rant,saying, "And even if I didn't know them, I know their type." "And what type is that?" she asks,leaning foward in her chair,yearning for confirmation that he gets it,that they are like-minded in their observations of others and the circumspect way they view the world. "Oh,let's see," he says,rubbing his jaw. "Superficial.Artificial.Sheep. They're more worried about how they come across to others than who they really are.They exhaust themselves in their pursuit of things that don't really matter.
being-sad
What's the point of being sad?" he says. "We're here now.
love-and-friendship who-we-are ifs
Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them.
i-love-him sacrifice use
I love him wholly and unconditionally and without reservation. I love him enough to sacrifice a friendship. I love him enough to accept my own happiness and use it, in turn, to make him happy back.