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Love as a verb. Love as a commitment.

Emily Giffin

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
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Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
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Verbs
Commitment
Love

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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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I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.
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And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand.
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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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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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I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.
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Then he asks if he can kiss me. It is a question I don’t usually like. Just do it, I always think.
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Looking back, I question whether I really loved Nate, or just the security of our relationship. I wonder if my feelings for him didn’t have a lot to do with hating my job. From the bar exam through that first hellish year as an associate, Nate was my escape. And sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.
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After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?
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Guilt is a supreme waste of time and energy.
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I don't really know why I went to law school.
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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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There are people and places and events you'd prefer to forget or at least gloss over. In the end, you can slap a pretty label on it - like serendipity or fate. Or you can believe that it's just the random way life unfolds.
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How different this moment feels, for so many reasons. I tell myself that no two loves are identical - but that I don't have to compare anymore.
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Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.
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I'm going to keep seeing him as much as I can. We'll see what happens, I say, realizing that just seeing what happens is my version of going for it.
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No scratch the word career. Careers are people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. This is merely a job. I can take or leave this place. I start to imagine quitting and following my yet-to-be-determined passion.
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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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