She wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all—she has never disagreed with something so much.

—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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He was my escape, and sometimes that can feel an awful lot like love.

—Emily Giffin in Something Borrowed

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He threw in the towel before we were tested. Maybe because he didn't want to be tested. Maybe because he assumed we would fail. Maybe because, at the time, he just didn't love me enough.

—Emily Giffin in Love the One You're With

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True love is supposed to make you into a better person―uplift you.

—Emily Giffin in Love the One You're With

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Only then do I acknowledge that what I am feeling might actually be true happiness. Even joy. Over the past several days, when I have felt the beginnings of this emotion tugging at my heart, it has crossed my mind that the key to happiness should not be found in a man. That an independent, strong woman should feel fulfilled and whole on her own. Those things might be true. And without him in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with him than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that.

—Emily Giffin in Something Borrowed

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I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to her 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 too late in the game.

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof

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