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
wind trying factors
You can't quantify love, and if you try, you can wind up focusing on misleading factors.
book focus trying
I really try to focus on my books and readers.
perfect trying impossible
I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.
trying want
I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.
trying
I'm not trying to convey a message, I'm just trying to tell a story.
character trying opinion
I try to be true to the characters that I've created and sometimes I disagree with them, but their opinions about the story and the characters really matter to me.
writing character trying
I write about relationships and I try to create real-life characters.
thinking trying important
I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.
night knowing long
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.
mad being-sad easier
I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.
fate blind-belief sorrow
Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion. You also have the old standby catchall—the blind belief in fate, the whole "things happening for a reason" drill.
hate heart mad
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.
sheep views world
Then he continues his rant,saying, "And even if I didn't know them, I know their type." "And what type is that?" she asks,leaning foward in her chair,yearning for confirmation that he gets it,that they are like-minded in their observations of others and the circumspect way they view the world. "Oh,let's see," he says,rubbing his jaw. "Superficial.Artificial.Sheep. They're more worried about how they come across to others than who they really are.They exhaust themselves in their pursuit of things that don't really matter.
forever want officials
i want to make it official, i want to make it forever