Where We Belong Quotes

“Even if we no longer have much in common, we would have always had the past, which, in some ways, is just as important as the present or future. It is where we come from, what makes us who we are.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“Where we belong is often where we least expect to find ourselves—a place that we may have willed ourselves to forget, but that the heart remembers forever.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“Whats not to love is hardly a reason to love. And the catch of your life is not the same thing as the love of your life. Be careful of that subtle but rather crucial distinction.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“Really-nothing is unforgivable if you truly love someone.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“Things are what they are and there's no point dwelling in the past or wondering what could have been.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“Anything worthwhile is tough.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“So I guess what I am trying to say is life is fast. And it keeps speeding up. Sometimes I lose track of the season -- or even the year. And we just have to make the best of it all. Our choices. Our fleeting moments together.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“He who fails to plan, plans to fail.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“So there the two of us were. Frozen in time, living in the moment, focused only on our immediate desires. Which of course included sex. Lots and lots of it.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“You can run but you can't hide”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“Throw in the intensity of emotions that come with that bittersweet summer sandwiched between high school graduation and the rest of your life...”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“I feel a sudden wave of homesickness, but not the kind that makes you sad. The kind that reminds you of who you are and where you come from.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end, You'll have no time for grievin'.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“It was a mistake. You didn't try to hurt anyone.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“What's not to love' is hardly a reason TO love. And the CATCH of your life is not the same thing as the LOVE of your life. Be careful on that subtle but rather crucial distinction.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“T know what they say about secrets. I've heard it all. That they can haunt and govern you. That they can poison relationships and divide families. That in the end, only the truth will set you free.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“My name is Kirby Rose, and I'm adopted. I don't mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that's how people take it, like it's something they should be supportive about. I just mean that they are two basic facts about me.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“What's not to love' is hardly a reason to love. And the catch of your life is not the same thing as the love of your life. Be careful of that subtle but rather crucial distinction.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“Because Marian was the love of my life. For a long time. And that's the kind of information you share when you're young and stupid and hoping that you're in something that is going to be even bigger and better than what you once lost. It's the kind of shit you waste your time thinking about. Lemme tell you -- it does no good.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“So I guess what I'm trying to say is that life is fast. And it keeps speeding up. Sometimes I lose track of the season—or even the year. And we just have to make the best of it all. Our choices. Our fleeting moments together.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“What's not to love' is hardly a reason to love," she says. "And the catch of your life is not the same thing as the love of your life. Be careful of that subtle but rather crucial distinction.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“So I guess what I’m trying to say is that life is fast. And it keeps speeding up. Sometimes I lose track of the season—or even the year. And we just have to make the best of it all. Our choices. Our fleeting moments together.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“They both continue to stare at each other, expressionless, motionless, in the weirdest standoff I've ever seen almost as if they're calling the other's bluff. It is the way you'd look at a perfect stranger, although if they were actually strangers someone would break down and exchange a pleasantry after such prolonged eye contact. I start to wonder if maybe I shouldn't reintroduce my own parents.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“I certainly never felt rejected because they had given me up. My parents knew nothing about my birth mother, yet always explained with certainty that she didn't "give me up" or "give me away" - she made a plan for me, the best one she could make under her circumstances, whatever those were.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“What's not to love' is hardly a reason to love, And the catch of your life is not the same thing as the love of your life. Be careful of that subtle but rather crucial distinction.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“You can’t go back,” he says. “Just look forward. You’re doing the right thing now.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong

“So I guess what I’m trying to say is that life is fast. And it keeps speeding up. Sometimes I lose track of the season—or even the year. And we just have to make the best of it all.”
― Emily Giffin, Where We Belong