Emily Giffin
Emily Giffin
Emily Fisk Giffinis an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 March 1972
CountryUnited States of America
average ordinary borrowed
You see yourself as very average, ordinary. And there is nothing ordinary about you, Rachel." (Something Borrowed)
mother book air
(mother)" She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air.
moving ordinary-days praying
The best reason to pray is that God is really there. In praying our unbelief starts to melt. God moves smack into the middle of even an ordinary day.
life mean loss
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.
summer song voice
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. A song you didn't even pay attention to at the time, a place that you didn't even know had a particular smell. I wonder what will someday bring back Dex and our few months together. Maybe the sound of Dido's voice. Maybe the scent of the Aveda shampoo I've been using all summer.
thinking issues feelings
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.
happy-endings sometimes
That's how life is. Sometimes there are happy endings, sometimes there aren't, and more often there are shades of gray.
tough worthwhile
Anything worthwhile is tough.
believe heart emotional
And although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things - time and an emotional replacement - to fully mend one.
trying want
I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.
growing-up world growing
We both have a lot of growing-up to do... A lot of the world to see & figure out on our own." -- Leo
too-much bears misery
The whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.
being-sad
What's the point of being sad?" he says. "We're here now.
regret good-friend never-regret
You’ll never regret being a good friend.