#ty

Bushwhacked, I examine my hands. Same hands. Rings still there but no longer valid. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #infidelity #marriage #seperation #marriage

Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#delusion #divorce #infidelity #marriage #relationships

So many events and moments that seemed insignificant add up. I remember how for the last Valentine´s Day, N gave flowers but no card. In restaurants, he looked off into the middle distance while my hand would creep across the table to hold his. He would always let go first. I realize I can´t remember his last spontaneous gesture of affection. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender. ↗

— Hendrik Hertzberg

#homophobia #homosexuality #marriage #same-sex-marriage #marriage

I still believed he'd love me again somehow, love me that intense, thick way he did, the way that made everything good. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#good #intensity #love #marriage #spouse

There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?" "Are you a young lady?" "I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#expectations #gender #honesty #independence #influence

Years of love, followed by heartache. Those are the years that define me. Those are the years that know– love’s eternity is you. ↗

— C. Elizabeth

#heart-ache #heartache #loss #lost #love-lost

Do you think it's possible to finally decide that you really, truly love someone but not end up marrying him? ↗

— Robin Jones Gunn

#christy #love #marriage #miller #love

He didn't marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you. ↗

— Megan Whalen Turner

#eugenides #love #marriage #royalty #love

But they love each other. Isn't that what love means? That you're supposed to be there for the other person to turn to, no matter what? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clary-fray #love #marriage #the-mortal-instruments #love