Emily Giffin

“Being married cuts on your freedom. Having a husband or a relationship at all puts constraints on you. by Michael.”

“I have unabashed Bieber Fever and routinely Google 'Justin and Selena.' They are so cute together.”

“Like the rest of the planet, I'm absolutely dying to see Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' and am thrilled that Leonardo DiCaprio was cast in it - he's perfect.”

“The person who wants out of the relationship always gets her way.”

“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.”

“It was about grace, she decides, something that has been missing from her own life. ... She wants to be the kind of person who can bestow unearned kindness on another, replace bitterness with empathy, forgive only for the sake of forgiving.”

“I think it always feels riskier and scarier to go after something you really love and want because the rejection and failure hurts more.”

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

“Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.”

“I aim for four workouts a week. I work out with a trainer once a week. Then, I take a circuit class twice a week. The fourth workout is random, depending on what I'm in the mood for - either a run, a spin class, or yoga.”