Quotes from Emily Giffin

And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand.

Blurring the line between friendship and attraction was a surefire to lose a friend.

Although I'm sure there are plenty of tall, gorgeous, life-of-the-party guys who are also true to their wives, I happen to believe that a disproportionate number of them are cheaters.

And then there is Darcy. She is a woman who believes that things should fall into her lap, and, consequently, they do. They always have. She wins because she expects to win. I do not expect what I want, so I dont. And I dont even try.

In the final seconds before sleep, I wish I could go back and undo everything, give those little girls another chance.

It's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved.

I decided that giving a girl a ring when you're not in a serious relationship is sort of like giving a guy a blow job when you have no real feelings for him. It makes everything feel a little cheap.It cheapens the giver and the recipient.

I don't know. She was a sweet girl. As sweet as they come. I don't know why I didn't love her. It's something you can't really control.

You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again.

Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right person for you. That takes some time to figure out

Then he asks if he can kiss me. It is a question I don't usually like. Just do it, I always think.

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.

This time, I whispered that I loved him too. Then, I silently listed all the reason: I loved him for his gentleness. I loved him for being an amazing catch yet still vulnerable enough to be insecure. But most of all, I loved him for loving me.

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.

how much have i changed. i was a parent-pleaser, a dutiful friend. i made safe, careful choices and hoped that things would fall into place for me. 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

Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.

I'm going to keep seeing him as much as I can. We'll see what happens, I say, realizing that just seeing what happens is my version of going for it.

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.

It was the same night I gave myself to him completely, knowing that I would belong to him for as long as he wanted to keep me. And, as it turned out, even longer than that.

Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like.

I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.

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 seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more.

Sweetened ice tea is one of the things I love about the South, right up there with homemade biscuits and cheese grits.