“Divorce is simply modern society's version of medieval torture. Except it lasts longer and leaves deeper scars. A divorce releases the most primitive emotions; the ugliest, raw feelings. Emotionally wounded people do their best to inflict pain upon the other party, but rather than using claws they use divorce lawyers.” PeopleUseFeelingsPainLastsPartyEmotionModernDeeperDivorceLawyerVersionsReleaseTortureScarPrimitiveWoundedMedievalClawsModern SocietyDivorce Lawyers Book:Up Till Now Source: Up Till Now
“There was altogether too much candor in married life; it was an indelicate modern idea, and frequently led to upsets in a household, if not divorce.” IfsIdeasToo MuchModernMarriedDivorceUpsetHouseholdMarried LifeCandor Book:A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark Source: A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark
“Divorce is one of the loneliest of modern rituals. Before, during, and after the actual culmination of the legal process it is an ordeal that rips people away from their roots, their important relationships, and a part of themselves. There is really nothing like it - except perhaps war.” PeopleImportantWarProcessModernRootsDivorceRitualRipOrdealsCulminationImportant Relationships Book:Lonely in America Source: Lonely in America
“We tend to think of divorced or complicated families as a modern invention, and that is not at all true. You only have to read the Greek myths to see broken homes, widows, divorce, stepchildren, children trying to get along with new parents.” ThinkingTryingChildrenHomeParentModernBrokenComplicatedDivorceMythInventionGreekDivorcedWidowsTrue YouGreek MythBroken HomesNew ParentsStepchildStepchildren Author:Rick Riordan