Luck is buying a lottery ticket along with your Yoo-hoo and striking it rich. Nothing about my life is lucky- it is all about hard work, it is all uphill struggle. Emily Giffin More Quotes by Emily Giffin More Quotes From Emily Giffin You don't have to talk to someone to think about them and check up on them now and again. Emily Giffin checks thinking I had seen the light, come to believe that a wedding should be about a feeling between two people, not a show for the masses...It was a magical, romantic evening, and although I occasionally wish I had worn a slightly fancier dress, and that Nick and I had danced on our wedding night, I have no real regrets about the way we chose to do things. Emily Giffin regret real believe I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad. Emily Giffin being-sad easier mad It was about grace, she decides, something that has been missing from her own life. ... She wants to be the kind of person who can bestow unearned kindness on another, replace bitterness with empathy, forgive only for the sake of forgiving. Emily Giffin empathy missing kindness 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. Emily Giffin blind-belief fate sorrow But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love. Emily Giffin accidents redemption i-can Whenever you make a big decision in life, at least any decision where you have a viable alternative, there is an inevitable uneasy aftermath. Anxiety is merely a sign that you're taking something seriously. Emily Giffin aftermath anxiety decision I'm going to keep seeing him as much as I can. We'll see what happens," I say, realizing that just "seeing what happens" is my version of "going for it. Emily Giffin versions going-for-it realizing Yet here we are, two children and a broken promise later, standing before each other, just the way we stood that day at the alter, with equal parts love and hope. And once again, I close my eyes, ready to take a leap of faith, ready for the long, hard road ahead. I have no idea how it's going to turn out, but then again, I never really did. Emily Giffin eye children ideas It's amazing to me how few guys know their friends' birthdays. Emily Giffin guy knows ONE MORE CHNCE. Words that my mother heard, more than once. Words that women debate. Whether you CAN forgive and whether you SHOULD trust. I think of all the judgment from society, friends, and family, the overwhelming consensus seeming to be that you should not grant someone who betrayed you a second chance. That you should do everything you can to keep the knife out of your back, and to protect your heart and pride. Cowards give second chances. Fools give second chances. And I am no coward, no fool. Emily Giffin pride mother heart People generally didn't cheat in good relationships. Emily Giffin good-relationship cheating people And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand. Emily Giffin personal-history soul memories I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try. Emily Giffin want trying but i am content to live in the moment, and allow myself the daily pleasure of obsessing. nothing lasts forever, i tell myself. especially the good stuff. although typically you aren't faced with a hard deadline Emily Giffin forever live-in-the-moment stuff Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we'd never take that perilous leap of faith toward becoming a real couple, a permanent team. Emily Giffin team couple real What's the point of being sad?" he says. "We're here now. Emily Giffin being-sad You’ll never regret being a good friend. Emily Giffin never-regret good-friend regret Then he asks if he can kiss me. It is a question I don’t usually like. Just do it, I always think. Emily Giffin kiss-me kissing thinking The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way. Emily Giffin persons want way