Quotes from the book Baby Proof by Emily Giffin

The worst is when someone in your past trumps the person in your present, and you think to yourself: if I'd known this, then maybe I wouldn't have let him go.

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof

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The whole "misery loves company" thing never applies more than when you're breaking up. The thought that the other person is doing fine is simply too much to bear.

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I will find the good in this loss. I will make something happen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.

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Love is seldom—almost never—an even proposition. Someone always loves more.

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No second chances. It's not so much about morality, but about my inability to forgive. I'm a champion grudge holder, and I don't think I could change this about myself even if I wanted to.

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I subscribe to the notion that if you worry about something, it is somehow less likely to happen.

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Well, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right person for you. That takes some time to figure out.

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I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to her one of the very saddest notions in love and life: sometimes the timing is wrong—and sometimes you realize the heart of the matter way too late in the game.

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About Emily Giffin

Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels, including Something Borrowed, Meant to Be, All We Ever Wanted, Heart of the Matter, and The One and Only.

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