“I could live without chemistry but not without kindness.”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“Sex is like air; it's not important unless you aren't getting any.”
“Masculinity and femininity attract one another, and their attributes are complementary; however this entails more than simply a male being attracted to a female: What actually complements the immature man who runs around, or cheats, or neglects his duties, is the masculine woman because he needs her to lead and to take charge, to take care of him. Immaturity is a state of need, and one of those needs is the need to be kept in check.”
“I can't forge a marriage founded on lies."
"Aren't most?"
"Ever the romantic."
"Ever practical.”
Source: King of Scars
“An empty room can be an instrument for introspection. It was a reflection of the void created by the decision to distance myself from a relationship that had defined me to others and to myself. If I was not a wife, who was I? I was removing a label that marked my place in a social system, but was I still “me” without that label?”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“It wasn’t that difficult to cook. Or to eat well. The key was to do it with love, for myself and for my family.”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“The image of woman as mother is universal, not specific to any culture. But in India, that image is elevated to iconic status by a society that puts marriage and motherhood at the core of a woman’s existence.”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“Who knows what goes on in a marriage? Even my parents, who had a compatible marriage, had their points of contention. They had figured out how to disagree and how to find common ground.”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“The thing about marriages, bad ones especially, is the utter disregard with which the couple and those around them treat the cracks when they first emerge. Like tectonic plates that crush and grind against each other under the surface of the earth, the damage does not happen on one sunny morning when the earthquake hits. When a couple splits, it is the result of an inevitable break that has been brewing for years without respite.”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“What do you do when you know that staying together is not easy and breaking up is even more difficult?”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery