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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
Kirk become too obsessed with it? Had I somehow lost myself as Finch grew
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
But I also knew in my heart that I wouldn't cover for my son if he committed a terrible crime. Any crime. I wouldn't lie for him. I wouldn't obstruct justice for him. I would stand by him, but I would also want him to confess and truly repent and bear responsibility for his actions. I would want him to earn and deserve his forgiveness."
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
hesitated, thinking of all the ways I could change the subject, then made a spur-of-the-moment decision that I was finished with small talk and surface conversation and diversions and lies of any kind, no matter how small. At least for right now, as I sat at my parents' dining room table, with a kind man who had once loved me, and who still prayed to God before supper.
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
But I cherished our filterless relationship and considered it the truest measure of a best friend, greater than pure affection.
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
In some ways, though she had very high moral standards, she was actually the least judgmental person I knew. But ever since the seventh grade, she'd always given it to me straight. It had caused a few arguments over the years, as sometimes she hurt my feelings with her bluntness. But I cherished our filterless relationship and considered it the truest measure of a best friend, greater than pure affection. Who was the person you trusted enough to be your most transparent self with, in both good times and bad?
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
It was probably a function of getting older-I think we all become exaggerated versions of ourselves,
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
The late afternoon sun highlighted all her lines and wrinkles, making her look older than I thought of her as. Then again, she probably was in her early seventies by now, which somehow seemed so much older than one's late sixties.
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
Justice isn't only about what a person deserves, but also about what a person needs.
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
Minigolf," she said with stone seriousness, "is a metaphor for life." I smiled and said, "Oh, really?" "Yes. I mean, think about it….Do you take it seriously? Too seriously? Do you enjoy it? Do you keep careful score? Do you get upset when you lose? Do you cheat? And if you do cheat, how do you react when you're busted? Are you sheepish? Sorry? Do you do it again?
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
But I cherished our filterless relationship and considered it the truest measure of a best friend, greater than pure affection. Who was the person you trusted enough to be your most transparent self with, in both good times and bad?
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
Because sometimes you just can't see the things that are the closest to you.
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Emily Giffin _ All We Ever Wanted
People make time for what matters to them.
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