Quotes from Emily Giffin

I think I hoped for something more. Maybe I even hoped that I could find in Richard what I had with Ben. But it is suddenly very clear: Richard is not fallin in love with me and I'm not falling in love with Richard. We are not creating anything permanent or special. We are only having fun together. It is a fling- a fling just like he said last night- a fling with an ending yet to be determined. I feel relieved to have it defined

I'm glad you were both here, I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives.

I feel freer with Dex than I ever did single, I feel more myself with him than without maybe true love does that.

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room.

I had never understood what people meant when they said they'd rather be alone if they couldn't be in the right relationship. Now I got it.

You can run but you can't hide

Love is sharing a life together

Throughout the ordeal, I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad. Anger was something I could control. I could settle into an easy rhythm of blame and hate. Focus my energy on something than the ache in my heart.

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.

I feel a sudden wave of homesickness, but not the kind that makes you sad. The kind that reminds you of who you are and where you come from.

Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life...

She wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all - she has never disagreed with something so much.

He was my escape, and sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.

No matter what the circumstances. I am more like most men in this regard. No second chances. It's not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I'm a champion grudge holder, and I don't think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.

You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end, You'll have no time for grievin'.

Grief is a mystery to be lived through, not a problem to be solved

As everyone applauds and sips champagne, I smile back at Rachel, thinking she got it just right. Love and friendship. They are what makes us who we are and what can change us, if we let them.

Why do I need to have reasons? When someone decides to have a baby, people don't go around asking what her reasons are.

What's the point of being sad? he says. We're here now.

Dinner will not be perfect, 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.

It's not that simple or clear-cut - and I wonder if it ever is when it comes to matters of the heart.

I cheated with Rachel, but I'll never cheat on Rachel.

You can never be too sure when it comes to things that matter most

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.