Quote

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.

Emily Giffin

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Emily Giffin
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 20
Author
Lawyer
Novelist
Baltimore
Maryland
Emily Fisk Giffin
Think
Media
Thinking
Bits
Life
Open
Term
Anyone
Easy
Distorted
Social
Sharing
Sense
Terms

More quotes by Emily Giffin

Image
i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two loves.
Emily Giffin
Image
I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.
Emily Giffin
Image
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.
Emily Giffin
Image
But one thing I have to say about Darcy and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first- which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do.
Emily Giffin
Image
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
Image
there is always something comforting about knowing that you are not alone. That other people feel the way you do. That you are a bit screwed up, but still normal.
Emily Giffin
Image
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.
Emily Giffin
Image
It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!
Emily Giffin
Image
Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more.
Emily Giffin
Image
There are two kinds of women--those who eat in a crisis and those who lose their appetite in a crisis.
Emily Giffin
Image
There are two kinds of sorry. There is the sorry imbued with regret. And a pure sorry. The kind that is merely asking for forgiveness, nothing more.
Emily Giffin
Image
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.
Emily Giffin
Image
Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?
Emily Giffin
Image
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.
Emily Giffin
Image
In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.
Emily Giffin
Image
And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with Dex than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that
Emily Giffin
Image
Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!
Emily Giffin
Image
Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.
Emily Giffin
Image
The world is not that black and white, Rachel. There are no moral absolutes. It is complex.
Emily Giffin
Image
Don't you wish we could pick the people we love? Yeah, I say. Or just make the people we love want the same things we want.
Emily Giffin