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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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Baltimore
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No matter what the circumstances. I am more like most men in this regard. No second chances. It's not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I'm a champion grudge holder, and I don't think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.
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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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You can love someone you mistrust.
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What if two people want to be your partner, then what?
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Love as a verb. Love as a commitment.
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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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You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors.
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And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.
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What's the point of being sad? he says. We're here now.
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Where we belong is often where we least expect to find ourselves—a place that we may have willed ourselves to forget, but that the heart remembers forever.
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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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Guilt is a supreme waste of time and energy.
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We are one of those couples i used to watch, thinking to myself that I'd never be on the inside of something so special. I remember reassuring myself that it probably looked nicer than it actually was, I am happy to be wrong about that.
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Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.
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There are no absolutes in relationships. You can't take anything for granted. You can count on absolutely nothing but the unexpected. You only get in trouble when you start thinking that you're some kind of exception to the rule.
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We are in love and meant to be together.
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Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to understand my intense relationship with Leo, as well as that turbulent time between adolescence and adulthood when everything feels raw and invigorating and scary-and why those feelings are all coming back to me now.
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That's how life is. Sometimes there are happy endings, sometimes there aren't, and more often there are shades of gray.
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