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.

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof

About Emily Giffin

Emily Fisk Giffin (born March 20, 1972) is an American author of several novels, including Something Borrowed, Heart of the Matter, Where We Belong, and The One and Only.

More quotations from Emily Giffin

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

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof

It's the worst thing to fall in love with someone who will never stop disappointing you.

—Emily Giffin in Something Borrowed

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

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof

It always takes two. For relationships to work, for them to break apart, for them to be fixed.

—Emily Giffin in Heart of the Matter

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.

—Emily Giffin in Baby Proof