To write convincingly, I think you must be able to relate, in some way, to what a character is experiencing. Emily Giffin More Quotes by Emily Giffin More Quotes From Emily Giffin You can only control your own actions. Not other people’s reactions. Emily Giffin reactionsactionpeople Love and friendship. They are what make us who we are, and what can change us, if we let them. Emily Giffin love-and-friendshipwho-we-areifs ...love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together. Emily Giffin tieslove-iscommitment 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. Emily Giffin passionloveyears A son is a son 'til he gets a wife, but a daughter is a daughter all her life. Emily Giffin familydaughterson I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart. Emily Giffin individual-happinessrelationshipthinking Recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void. Emily Giffin recognizingvoiddisappointment But now we have time. Endless time stretches before us. Emily Giffin endless-timeendless My head spins as I glance away, refusing to get sucked back into his gaze when so much is at risk. Emily Giffin glancesrisk In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief. Emily Giffin easierangergrief Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like. Emily Giffin dreamkidslooks Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been. Emily Giffin dwellingwonderpast Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more. Emily Giffin propositionslove-is But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it. Emily Giffin what-mattersperfectioninspirational It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them! Emily Giffin funny-thingsweekendchildren 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. Emily Giffin cheaterpartybelieve No, scratch the word "career." Careers are for people who wish to advance. I only want to survive, draw a paycheck. Emily Giffin careerswishpeople 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. Emily Giffin sideslittleslooks And like a favorite old movie, sometimes the sameness in a friend is what you like the most about her. Emily Giffin old-moviesamenesssometimes I miss him in so many ways, but right now I miss him in the way you always miss someone when you're single among a room full of couples. Emily Giffin missing-someonecouplei-miss-you
