Emily V. Gordon Quotes

Emily V. Gordon

Profession : Writer

Birth : May 3, 1979

Nothing makes me feel more mushy and full of love for my husband than going back and looking at our flirtation unfolding online. I love reading our old e-mails, texts, and Gchats.

Emily V. Gordon

Holiday food is rich and indulgent. Going-home-to-see-family food is richer and even more indulgent.

Emily V. Gordon

Parents go to sleep early. This is universal.

Emily V. Gordon

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

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

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.

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Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when I spent so much time alone.

Emily V. Gordon

I have a pretty intense work ethic. If something's not done, I cannot let go until I get it done.

Emily V. Gordon

As any daytime judge show can tell you, spending someone's money or taking their stuff because they hurt your feelings is not justified.

Emily V. Gordon

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.

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No matter how you handle alcohol at your wedding, you will most likely be upsetting someone.

Emily V. Gordon

Get married wherever you like, make accommodations for the people you love so they can attend, and forget about the people who can't.

Emily V. Gordon

I am fairly convinced that people plan destination weddings because they would actually like to elope but want to have given you the option to attend.

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

Emily V. Gordon

Marriage will not change your spouse. It will not make him or her more mature, more loyal to you, or better at housework.

Emily V. Gordon

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.

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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.

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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

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

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