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Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate but through being the right mate. ↗

— Barnett R. Brickner

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Take me now, God!" I shout to the inky sky. "I´m ready." "You´re not ready. You´re not even divorced yet," Bunny says. "You cannot die married to that man. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Maybe, in the final analysis, they saw me as something I wasn't and I tried to turn them into something they could never be. I loved them all but maybe I never understood any of them. I don't think they understood me. ↗

— Ava Gardner

#ava-gardner #divorce #frank-sinatra #love #marriage

I am not ready to think of him as either insane or evil, to consider in full how I could love and have a child with such a person. I am not ready to think about anything, except ways in which this may still be averted. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #husband #infidelity #marriage #seperation

I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand -- they only. Know this at last. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#conscience #courtship #dignity #empowerment #feminism

Like the muscles knew from the beginning that it would end with this, this inevitable falling apart... It's sad, but a relief as well to know that two things so closely bound together can separate with so little violence, leaving smooth surfaces instead of bloody shreds. ↗

— Julie Powell

#divorce #love #marriage #love

I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from all unpleasantness. And it’s not really marriage—not like the marriage you have with Cam—until he’s willing to share the worst of himself as well as the best of himself. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#love #marriage #love

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. ↗

— Timothy Keller

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Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence. ↗

— Timothy Keller

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Should I tell her of the moments of joy, the intense pleasure of holding the hand of the one you love and wishing that time would stand still? ↗

— Kelly Long

#love #marriage #love