Emily Giffin citations

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“But now we have time. Endless time stretches before us.”

“Every couple has two stories - the edited one to be shared from the couch and the unabridged version best left alone.”

“The world is not that black and white, Rachel. There are no moral absolutes. It is complex.”

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

“What if two people want to be your partner, then what?”

“Whats not to love is hardly a reason to love. And the catch of your life is not the same thing as the love of your life. Be careful of that subtle but rather crucial distinction.”

“And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her.”

“The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.”

“Really-nothing is unforgivable if you truly love someone.”

“I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Zoe one of the very saddest notions in love and life: sometimes the timing is wrong--and sometimes you realize the heart of the matter way to late in the game.”

“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.”

“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.”

“We are in love and meant to be together.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt in my glamorous, Jimmy Choo filled past.”

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

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