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Something Borrowed
Emily Giffin
Top 10 Best Quotes
“But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. And when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater.”
“When you’re in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to keep your pride. It’s a balance. But when the relationship is right, you find the balance.”
“This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren’t as devastated.”
“When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall out of love. But a friendship isn't a zero-sum game, and as such, you assume that it will last forever, especially an old friendship. You take its permanence for grandted, whuch might be the very thing so dear about it.”
“But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.”
“My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love.”
“Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.”
“It's like when someone dies, the initial stages of grief seem to be the worst. But in some ways, it's sadder as time goes by and you consider how much they've missed in your life. In the world.”
“It's the worst thing to fall in love with someone who will never stop disappointing you...”
“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.”
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Book Keywords:
memories, perfectionism, life, rachel, darcy