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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

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Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
Life
Choices
Society
Making
Book
Opposed
Right
Theme
Feel
Truly
Feels
Wants
Make
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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.
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I think that we have to consciously be aware that every moment we're in, every different stage in our lives, we can control.
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It's amazing to me how few guys know their friends' birthdays.
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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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I've always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I've always wanted to write a sister story.
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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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Surely he knows we are all watching. That I am watching. It is always that way when you are in a group and someone decides to go for a swim or walk to the water. The ocean is a giant stage. It is natural that the others watch, if only for a moment.
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I don't really know why I went to law school.
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What if two people want to be your partner, then what?
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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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After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?
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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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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 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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Happiness is the best revenge, you know? Just be happy. It's a choice.
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Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more.
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My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love.
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I'm very open in terms of sharing bits about my life, but I think it's very easy to get a distorted sense of who anyone is through social media.
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What's the point of being sad? he says. We're here now.
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