“Time heals all wounds, particularly if you pack a bunch of stuff into that time.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Pain, Heartbreak
“I remember that my mother had once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Relationships, Love
“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, amazon.comTagged: True Love, Relationships
“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.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Risk, Love, Relationships
“But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Perfection, Perfectionist, Destroy
“My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Simple, Love, Relationships
“When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall out of love. But a friendship isn't a zero-sum game, and as such, you assume that it will last forever, especially an old friendship. You take its permanence for granted, which might…”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Relationships, Love, Friendship
“This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: hopes, Risk, Heartbreak
“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.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Love, Risk, Relationships
“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, amazon.comTagged: Dating, Risk, Relationships
“It never ceases to amaze me how foolproof the rule is: the person who cares the least (or pretends to) holds the power.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Power, Relationships
“I tried to be angry, but how can you be mad at someone for not wanting to be with you?”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Dating, Love, Rejection
“We were both driven less by the desire to succeed than by an all-pervasive fear of failure.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Success, Failure, fears
“So I feel unsettled about my future and somewhat regretful about my past.”— Emily Giffin, amazon.comTagged: Future Quotes, Past Quotes, Life Quotes