I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.
Emily GiffinThat's how life is. Sometimes there are happy endings, sometimes there aren't, and more often there are shades of gray.
Emily GiffinAnxiety was not an emotion I could ever remember feeling when I went out in New York, and I wondered why tonight felt so different. Maybe it was because I no longer had a boyfriend or fiance. I suddenly recognized that there was safety in having someone, as well as a lack of pressure to shine. Ironically, this had cultivated a certain free-spiritedness that had, in turn, allowed me to be the life of the party and hoard the affection of additional men....But that had all changed. I didn't have a boyfriend, a perfect figure, or alcohol-induced outrageousness to fall back on.
Emily Giffin