“Trust me, divorce is not a hall pass. While it can feel like freedom to some, it can feel like death to others. Either way, it inevitably comes rushing upstream carrying a containership of grief and guilt. It’s like a bad dream, even when you didn’t realize you were asleep.”
Source: Please Don't Say You're Sorry: An Empowering Perspective on Marriage, Separation, and Divorce from a Marriage-Loving Divorce Attorney
“That first choice to leave an unhappy home had put me on a path strewn with more choices. Such was life. I had to accept it without looking for certainties.”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“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