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We both have a lot of growing-up to do... A lot of the world to see & figure out on our own. -- Leo

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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Love as a verb. Love as a commitment.
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In my stories, I think, as I've gotten older, the characters have become stronger and more independent, and more capable of making unconventional decisions.
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One way isn't better than the other they're just different.
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Anything worthwhile is tough.
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There are two kinds of women--those who eat in a crisis and those who lose their appetite in a crisis.
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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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Buried beneath disappointment and fear, anger and pride, I just might find it in my heart to forgive.
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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.
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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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And although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things - time and an emotional replacement - to fully mend one.
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But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. And when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater.
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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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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 of faith toward becoming a real couple, a permanent team.
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Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!
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His loyalty, so fierce and unwavering, makes my eyes water and heart ache.
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My relationship with my sister is so central to my life. She's my closest friend, my biggest supporter, and I know she would say the same about me.
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True love is supposed to make you into a better person-uplift you.
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When you’re in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to keep your pride. It’s a balance. But when the relationship is right, you find the balance.
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My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love.
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It's amazing to me how few guys know their friends' birthdays.
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