It always takes two. For relationships to work, for them to break apart, for them to be fixed.

—Emily Giffin in Heart of the Matter

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About Emily Giffin

Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.

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The whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof

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I don't know. She was a sweet girl. As sweet as they come. I don't know why I didn't love her. It's something you can't really control.

—Emily Giffin in Something Borrowed

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The worst is when someone in your past trumps the person in your present, and you think to yourself: if I'd known this, then maybe I wouldn't have let him go.

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof

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Although one broken heart doesn't make me an expert in the subject, I believe you need both things—time and an emotional replacement—to fully mend one.

—Emily Giffin in Love the One You're With

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I wanted to be with him forever. I marveled at how such a monumental realization can unfold in an instant and change every single thing in your life.

—Emily Giffin in Something Blue

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