Quotes from Emily Giffin

It's the worst thing to fall in love with someone who will never stop disappointing you.

I aim for four workouts a week. I work out with a trainer once a week. Then, I take a circuit class twice a week. The fourth workout is random, depending on what I'm in the mood for - either a run, a spin class, or yoga.

My favorite movie of all-time is 'Stand By Me,' and I re-read my favorite young adult books often.

But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love.

There is no better audience for someone in love than someone in love.

We are in love and meant to be together.

I remember that my mother once told me that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference.

You can love someone you mistrust.

I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are?

Love as a verb. Love as a commitment.

You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors.

I have unabashed Bieber Fever and routinely Google 'Justin and Selena.' They are so cute together.

I've been obsessed with the Kennedys since I was a child, and Bobby Kennedy is, hands down, my favorite among them.

Everyone wants to belong, or be a part of something bigger than themselves, but it's important to follow your heart and be true to yourself in the process.

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.

He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn't want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we would fail. Maybe because, at the time, he just didn't love me enough.

'Something Borrowed' was initially titled 'Rolling the Dice,' but my editor said it sounded like a men's gambling memoir.

I write about messy relationships, and they put pastel covers on them, but I can't complain.

Instead of relief or gratitude, more guilt washes over me. Andy's certainly not faultless - no one ever is in a marriage

I have increasingly steeled myself to criticism, but it still can sting, especially when you feel that it is unfair - or that they are judging my book by its cover or by preconceived notions.

There are two kinds of women--those who eat in a crisis and those who lose their appetite in a crisis.

I try to write about real women, real people - in other words flawed characters.

I think the issue of female friendship really resonates well with women, ... So many women have a friend like Darcy or can relate to the feeling of being second-fiddle to a friend.

…Love is the sun of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together