Quotes from Emily Giffin

and then realize it's not Peter I miss, but the idea of what I once thought we shared.

Sometimes you get the bead. Sometimes the bear get you. - Coach Carr

To be clear, I have no problem with religion or people who are religious, even those who are outspoken about their faith. What I can't stand are the judgmental hypocrites- people who talk a big Christian game yet don't even make a cursory attempt to follow the Golden Rule, let alone some of those pesky commandments.

Tell me what's going on in your world, Joey

O inferno é a ausência das pessoas de quem temos saudade.

It occurred to me that few things tell the story of a woman's life like her closet

line is as useless as a screen door on a submarine?

There simply is no way to tread these dangerous waters.

past something

Some things will never be okay.

Maybe someday I would be happy. —

grocery lists. That was back when I thought my

She says that everyone creates a version of her life that she wishes were true and tries to believe.

If I ever wrote a book on divorces, one of my first suggestions to parents would be: Get rid of the second (or third) wife in the background when you're talking to your child—at least some of the time.

his face serious.

I desperately want to feel that way again. To be in a relationship that I'm not trying to script or water down. It's about wanting something real—even if it's messy and complicated.

I once offhandedly mentioned that I wanted to pick out my own ring, something I have to look at every day, but there is something decidedly unromantic and a little bit depressing about having a symbol of love reduced to such scientific classifications - especially classifications focusing on imperfections.

endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.

prescription for a prenatal vitamin, as you will need

I needed to have a thick skin.

right—secrets and lies are really the same thing

It never ceases to amaze me how foolproof the rule is: the person who cares the least (or pretends to) holds the power.

let those surface issues go, to value content over form.

thinking that's the thing about Andy—I'm always at least okay when I'm with him.