there is always something comforting about knowing that you are not alone. That
other people feel the way you do. That you are a bit screwed up, but still normal.
Sorrow comes with so many defense mechanisms. You have your shock, your
denial, your getting wasted, your cracking jokes, and your religion. You also
have the old standby catchall—the blind belief in fate, the whole "things
happening for a reason" drill.
Whenever you make a big decision in life, at least any decision
where you have a viable alternative, there is an inevitable uneasy aftermath.
Anxiety is merely a sign that you're taking something seriously.
I learned that getting mad was easier than being sad.
Emily GiffinThere is no grief like heartbreak.
Emily GiffinWell, because sometimes you love someone but they might not be the right
person for you. That takes some time to figure out
It's heartbreaking when you love a book that fails. And it always
seems to happen to the nicest authors.
Don't you wish we could pick the
people we love?"
"Yeah," I say. "Or just make the people we love want the same things we want.
you'd do anything to get a soul mate back, right?… I mean, that's the nature of soul mates.
Emily GiffinI think of how emotions seem so magnified when you're a child.
Joy is more all-encompassing, disappointments more crushing, hope more
palpable.
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