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There is that, and there is also the Irreconcilable Differences line. It seems so catchall, so vague. You could say that about anyone, any man and woman at all. Jesus and Mary Magdalene: "Irreconcilable Differences." JFK and Jackie, anyone at all. It´s built into the man-woman thing. What kind of paltry reason is that? "Insanity" is another box to be checked on the divorce petition, the only alternative to "Irreconcilable Differences." I would like to check it. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Irrationally, I think, Will You Marry Me? Four words. I Want a Divorce. Four words. I would like time to count the letters as well, but there is not time. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #infidelity #marriage #seperation #marriage

God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You ask of her that she should not have sex with anyone except you -- yet you are not willing to observe the same restraint in return. Where you ought to be ahead of your wife in virtue, you collapse under the onset of lechery. ... Complaints are always being made about men's lechery, yet wives do not dare to find fault with their husbands for it. Male lechery is so brazen and so habitual that it is now sanctioned [= permitted], to the extent that men tell their wives that lechery and adultery are legitimate for men but not for women. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#clichés #double-standards #fidelity #gender #hypocrisy

The abandonment came, and now this shabby bacchanal. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #husband #infidelity #marriage #seperation

Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it’s still the eyes we look at, isn’t it? That’s where we found the other person, and find them still. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#contentment #familiarity #habit #long-term-relationships #love

If he is not going anywhere in life, then look him straight in the eyes and inform him that you are not going anywhere with him either. ↗

— Moffat Machingura

#break-up #go #going #life #love

She's probably afraid you'll turn out like her and be married to someone you can't stand. ↗

— Jennifer Brown

#marriage

Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built Out of longing great wonders have been willed ↗

— Nick Cave

#music #music

[On marriage and permanent attachment:] Well, well -- the prizes all go to the women who 'play their cards well' -- but if they can only be won in that way, I would rather lose the game ... [C]lever [women] bide their time -- make themselves indispensable first, and then se font prier [=play hard to get]. Clever -- but I can't do it. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#cleverness #deception #honesty #marriage #men

If you want to be happy, you need to set your mind on happiness. ↗

— Ana Kostovska

#happy #motivation #motivational