“I had been much more in love with my wife than she with me, that was all. Somehow, you were supposed to be ashamed of this, as though love were a perpetual jostling for the roles of pursuer and pursued. As if it didn’t take more courage to admit that someone held your hopes of happiness in their hands. As if it were a choice.” LoveEmotionMarriageShameDivorceDevotionBelovedUnfairLoverPursuedPursuer Book:In a Dark Wood Source: In a Dark Wood
“It’s all biology. If it weren’t for two thousand years of the Christian tradition we wouldn’t think of pretending otherwise…Romance is the true opiate of the masses.” LoveChristianRomanceMarriageIllusionBiologyLieCon Book:Love in Idleness Source: Love in Idleness
