Emily Giffin Quotes

It's going to take a certain man for me to ever get involved with, because he'll have to realize I don't have two children, I have three. Tommy is always going to always be a part of my life.

It's important for a guy to know and understand me before he can even think about taking things to the next step.

I've always really been a romantic at heart, and I have always wanted kids, and I think the idea of sharing your life with the right person is amazing, actually.

I have to really enjoy someone's personality, not just their looks, before I'll kiss them.

I've always just loved the Marshall/Lily relationship, and just exploring that, and the dynamic of a long-term relationship, and I just love our scenes together. I love it.

I can never marry an obese guy.

A romp in the hay lingers like the first line of a song, but your true love is the one you make a life with and write more than a line about, you write a whole book.

I want to make sure that the first person you kiss loves you, okay?

A man seldom thinks of marrying when he meets his ideal woman; he waits until he gets the marrying fever and then idealizes the first woman he happens to meet.

It's cool to fall in love and grow old with someone.

Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.

I’ve always preferred having girlfriends to just seeing people.

and all I could think was that I would like to spend every morning for the rest of my life waking up beside her

I think I hoped for something more. Maybe I even hoped that I could find in Richard what I had with Ben. But it is suddenly very clear: Richard is not fallin in love with me and I'm not falling in love with Richard. We are not creating anything permanent or special. We are only having fun together. It is a fling- a fling just like he said last night- a fling with an ending yet to be determined. I feel relieved to have it defined

When I'm thinking about going on a date with some guy or considering liking him, it really doesn't matter what they do or how that affects my career.

When we first met, I didn't want to get involved with anyone. I didn't have the time or energy, and I wasn't sure that I was ready for it. But you were so good to me, and I got swept up in that. And little by little, I found myself falling in love with you.

It's kind of sad that couples don't want to work together, it's like, 'Wow, you really don't like the person you're with?' I'd rather kiss her then some random person I just met

There has to be some kind of personal hygiene bar that a person needs to clear in order for a relationship to be successful.

No, really,' I said. 'I think she's great. And I honestly like her about twenty more times now than I did when we were dating. But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don't have a future. We've just had a good time sharing the present, that's all.

I want a serious girlfriend. Somebody I can love, that's gonna love me back. Is that psycho?

There is no stress. I live my life, I enjoy it and when I am comfortable I can get married.

Well sure, who doesn't need a boyfriend? but realistically, those exotic creatures are hard to come by. At least a quality one.

I ... would guess maybe about one or two out of five men is suited for marriage and probably four out of five women are better at marriage than being single and would like to be married.

If you're dating a man who you think might be "Mr. Right," if he a) got older, b) got a new job, or c) visited a psychiatrist, you are in for a nasty surprise. The cocoon-to-butterfly theory only works on cocoons and butterflies.

The honeymoon is not actually over until we cease to stifle our sighs and begin to stifle our yawns.