“I was tired of pretending.” LovePassionRelationshipsCrushPretendingFlirtationPlatonic Love Book:Dona Source: Dona
“He looked right into her eyes; didn’t she know the way she was? She had always treated him like that, his eyes argued. She did not agree—she had never treated him like this, he had spent his lifetime criticizing her. That was only true because she had spent her lifetime criticizing him—and that was how they always came back here, sometimes a wordless moment, their eyes glancing at each other like in a fencing match, each of them accusing the other of playing the role of the victim, portraying each other as the enemy to justify their self-inflicted wounds. She had turned into an uneducated woman (he would argue). He was evil (she would say), he was unable to recognize and acknowledge the good things people tried to do for him.” LoveFamilyFamily MembersFamily ConflictMothers And SonsFamily Relations Book:Dona Source: Dona
“They would be at peace away from each other (he concluded), where they could miss each other, blinded by distance, causing the illusion that they had gotten along merrily when they lived together.” LoveMotherFamilySonFamily RelationshipsFamily ConflictMothers And SonsFamily Relations Book:Dona Source: Dona
“She still has him.” LoveFamily RelationshipsFamily TiesFamily ConflictOrcasSea WorldTheme Park Book:Dona Source: Dona