153 quotes found
“Everything else has vanished, so you take them now. Maybe if you're the one keeping them, I'll be the one feeling better.”
“To love everyone unconditionally does not mean to give everyone your unconditional time. Sometimes, to love completely, we must never see someone again. This, too, is love. This is giving someone t...”
“How can I grieve what is still in motion?" I ask her. "Shoes are still dropping all over the place. Im not kidding," I say. "Its Normandy out there.”
“I am replete with stamina in finding out every single fact I can about this whole affair.Yet, I think, do I want to pull that thread? Do I want to unleash the truth, unravel deceit, and kill realit...”
“How could you do that to me?" I repeat. I dont have to itemize. He knows what I speak of.Eventually N produces three answers, in this ”
“Yes. THANK YOU. And say hello to Judas Iscariot.”
“The Betty Lady explains love and splitting up: "Its like playing the shell game with Jesus. You cant figure anything out; its best not to try. Youll just humiliate yourself.”
“I review what I know once again, confronting the monolith now alien and almost unconnected to me: my marriage.”
“I know my vision is impaired and cannot be trusted with even the simplest tasks, much less dating. Not that Ive come within talon distance of a man.”
“Ive blown it, the whole grisly charade.”
“I feel incendiary, a wildfire. My spirit licks at the gates of a very elaborate, customized, and distracting emotional Hades.”
“Im just not sending out the right vibe lately. Perhaps the fact that I wear stained sweatpants and free T-shirts is holding me back. I just cant seem to get back into the intelligent-slut-for-hire ...”
“It seemed funny that one day I would go to bed in her arms and the next not feel anything, like a switch had gone off. But no, that wasnt honest either. This had been building for a long time. Our ...”
“For me, its sloth," I say. "Hedonistic sloth and escapism.”
“Undeniable chemistry and horrific timing. They love each other.”
“Naturally, I do blame Franoise. I blame her for having N in the first place. She was young, she was beautiful, she was married to a doctor, and she was intelligent. She could have abstained from pr...”
“Although I notice there is never a truly good time to have a nice long chat with ones mother-in-law, unless you are having an extraordinary life and marriage and your mother-in-law is, say, Maureen...”
“This does not escape my notice, it is a context. I resent the fact of a context; my social status has shifted and no one is going to acknowldege it, thats certain. Im expected to be Brave and Rise ...”
“There is that, and there is also the Irreconcilable Differences line. It seems so catchall, so vague. You could say that about anyone, any man and woman at all. Jesus and Mary Magdalene: "Irreconci...”
“To keep myself from harming or calling N and to stave off the rage and despair, I focus on my extraordinary son, drink midrange Chardonnay every night after he is asleep, and make a barrage of late...”
