I nod, thinking of how difficult marriage can be, how much effort is required to sustain a feeling between two people - a feeling that you can't imagine will ever fade in the beginning when everything comes so easily. I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That is the only real way to grow together, instead of apart.
Emily GiffinSome of my very closest friends are my guy friends, going back to the third grade, so I believe in the integrity of the male-female friendship.
Emily GiffinMaybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.
Emily GiffinI always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.
Emily GiffinI still think I love him more. It's one of those things you never know for certain because there's no way to enter all the relationship data in a computer and have it spit out a definitive answer. You can't quantify love, and if you try, you wind up focusing on misleading factors.
Emily Giffin