“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.” TryingSometimesMatterCharacterStoriesOpinionBeing TrueDisagree Author:Emily Giffin
“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.” WayLoveYearsMatterChoicesPassionNo Matter WhatObstaclesCommitTemptationAgain And AgainFidelity Author:Emily Giffin
“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?” HeartMatterChoicesDecisionClearCuttingMinesRegretGrayShadeMatters Of The HeartShades Of Gray Book:Love the One You're With Source: Love the One You're With
“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.” IfsInspirationalMatterFactsPerfectionWhat MattersPerfectionism Book:Something Borrowed: A Novel Source: Something Borrowed: A Novel
“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.” ThinkingEndsSometimesMatterTurnsDecisionFateUnexpectedSheerTwistsHappenstanceTwists And Turns Book:Love the One You're With Source: Love the One You're With
“I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Zoe one of the very saddest notions in love and life: sometimes the timing is wrong--and sometimes you realize the heart of the matter way to late in the game.” WayTryingHeartSometimesMatterGamesRealizingLateNotionAfternoonTimingLife And LoveSaddest Book:Baby Proof Source: Baby Proof
“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.” IfsKnowsWorldWayMatterAsksViewsTypePursuitObservationWorriedChairsYearningArtificialSheepSuperficialConfirmationRant Author:Emily Giffin
“No matter what the circumstances. I am more like most men in this regard. No second chances. It's not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I'm a champion grudge holder, and I don't think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.” IfsThinkingMenMatterWantedChanceCircumstancesMoralityRegardNo Matter WhatForgivingChampionInabilitySecond ChanceGrudgeNo Second Chances Book:Baby Proof Source: Baby Proof