Emily Giffin Quotes

“I miss us, too. I always have, and probably always will”

“One way isn’t better than the other; they’re just different.”

“Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?”

“I miss us too. I always have and I probably always will. Sometimes there are no happy endings. No matter what, I’ll be losing something, someone. But maybe that’s what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice again and again, day in and day out, year after year,says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.”

“i wish i could freeze this moment, somehow delay my final decision, and just hang here in the balance between two places, two worlds, two loves.”

“Maybe that’s what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.”

“...love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.”

“Sometimes there are no happy endings, No matter what, I’ll be losing something, someone. But maybe that’s what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.”

“Change can be good but its always tough to let go of the past”

“He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.”

“What appeals to you the most is the very thing that will drive you crazy”

“True love is supposed to make you into a better person-uplift you.”

“A son is a son ‘til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life. ”

“My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk.”

“I think of how life takes unexpected twists and turns, sometimes through sheer happenstance, sometimes through calculated decisions. In the end, it can all be called fate, but to me, it is more a matter of faith.”

“Love as a verb. Love as a commitment. ”

“How different this moment feels, for so many reasons. I tell myself that no two loves are identical - but that I don’t have to compare anymore.”