People generally didn't cheat in good relationships.

— Emily Giffin

...recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void...

— Emily Giffin

Someday being with DEX will be a distant memory. This fact makes me sad too. It's the initial stages of grief that seem to be worse but in some ways, It's sadder as time goes by, and you consider how much they're missed in your life.

— Emily Giffin

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room.

— Emily Giffin

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room. A song you didn't even pay attention to at the time, a place that you didn't even know had a particular smell.

— Emily Giffin

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room. A song you didn't even pay attention to at the time, a place that you didn't even know had a particular smell. I wonder what will someday bring back DEX and our few months together. Maybe the sound of Dido's voice. Maybe the scent of the Veda shampoo I've been using all summer.

— Emily Giffin

Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your denial, you're 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. But my personal favorite defense has always been anger, with its trusty offshoots of self-righteous indignation, bitterness, and resentment.

— Emily Giffin

So there the two of us were. Frozen in time, living at the moment, focused only on our immediate desires. Which of course included sex. Lots and lots of it.

— Emily Giffin

The feeling I have reminds me of New Year’s Eve, when the countdown is coming, and I’m not quite sure whether to grab my camera or just live at the moment. Usually I grab the camera and later regret it when the picture doesn’t turn out. Then I feel enormously let down and think to myself that the night would have been more fun if it didn’t mean quite so much, if I weren’t forced to analyze where I’ve been and where I’m going.

— Emily Giffin

The mind-blowing, ridiculous sex which was the stuff of both poetry and porn - so unlike anything else I had ever experienced before.

— Emily Giffin