55 Emily V. Gordon Quotes for You to Enjoy

Emily V. Gordon

American Writer

Born: May 3, 1979

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Divorce is one of the most destructive, emotionally traumatic experiences a human being can go through, no matter if you're the instigator or the recipient. It's hard, and it hurts, and it takes a long time to feel normal again. Emily V. Gordon

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Being completely independent doesn't make you a strong woman - it's being strong enough to trust yourself in other people's hands that takes guts. Emily V. Gordon

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Keeping physical items from the past is important - we keep old toys, grandparents' jewelry, yearbooks, dance recital programs - and we assign meaning to them. Those items become the memories, and that's a very healthy thing to do. The problems occur when we have too many of those sentimental items, and they start weighing us down. Emily V. Gordon

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Your life story is a gift, and it should be treated as such. Emily V. Gordon

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Without knowing your own history, you are doomed to repeat it. Emily V. Gordon

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I think it's always good to get into your partner's mindset. Emily V. Gordon

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If you've had a marriage that ended because of a betrayal in trust on your spouse's behalf, the idea of trusting another person with your heart can seem completely ridiculous. Emily V. Gordon

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Things can be tough even when surrounded by nice Pottery Barn stuff. Emily V. Gordon

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Ghosts of Marriages Past can haunt many aspects of a new relationship - your expectations of what a man should do, how you behave in conflict, your ideas of how commitment should look - they can even make your new man look untrustworthy when he's really behaving normally. Emily V. Gordon

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Stays at the in-laws' aren't inherently sexy. Emily V. Gordon

Sexy Stays In-Laws Inherently

I'd watch shows like 'The Kids in the Hall' or 'Twin Peaks,' and I'd see weird people being celebrated and appreciated without compromising their weirdness. On 'The Facts of Life,' I'd see girls who were pudgy, beautiful, popular, tomboyish - many ways of being female - and I'd feel quietly reassured. Emily V. Gordon

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Your wedding day is supposed to be your big day, and yet a lot of engaged couples find that instead of creating an event that will be important to them, they're dodging through a minefield of modern etiquette traps. Emily V. Gordon

Not deciding is a decision. People don't realize that not making a decision is a decision in itself. Emily V. Gordon

People Decision Making Itself Deciding Realize

Parents go to sleep early. This is universal. Emily V. Gordon

Parents Go Universal Early Sleep

For so long, TV consisted of a limited number of shows a year, and those shows had to appeal to as many people as possible. The joy of TV now is that shows don't have to be broad anymore - they can be small, weird, and niche. Emily V. Gordon

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I grew up in a very small town in North Carolina, weird and pudgy, without too many other kids to play with. I spent a lot of time watching TV. It was my reassurance that the outside world was bigger and more colorful than the one I lived in. Emily V. Gordon

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People get married for a wide array of reasons and have all sorts of expectations of how marriage will change the relationship. And while it's true that turning the person you're dating into a legal partner does affect certain things, those who expect marriage to be a cure-all for all your relationship woes are sorely mistaken. Emily V. Gordon

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Marriage is not a magical potion that serves to amplify adoration, reduce deep-seated feelings of resentment, erase fears of commitment, or answer questions about whether or not this is the right move. Marriage is a ceremony that cements your current bond to another human being, and while that's a huge thing, that's all it does. Emily V. Gordon

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Dealing with wedding stuff is a bit of a double-edged sword - it seems that divorcees are expected to either burn it all on the front lawn, tears silently coursing down their faces, or keep the stuff, shrine-like, concealed somewhere in their homes. Emily V. Gordon

In my professional and personal life, when I meet people who feel broken after a divorce, they can usually be divided into two categories: those who truly believe there's something wrong with them, and those that are using their status as armor. Emily V. Gordon

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Some divorcees turn their pain inward. They brood, and they grieve for a long time, always wondering if they could have done something differently to keep this from happening. They make every problem in their relationship into something they could have prevented. Emily V. Gordon

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