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“I sensed he may have occasionally strayed in some of his past relationships. It was something I felt but ignored, a rent in the fabric of an otherwise splendid garment I thought I could mend. I tho...”
“They ought to do away with divorce settlements. Instead, both parties should flip a coin. The winner gets to stay where he or she is and keep everything. The loser goes to Paraguay. Thats it.”
“The real genesis is forbidden to me, vis--vis Ns inability to confess even the mildest transgressions.”
“Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but its such a nothing.”
“People told me not to get married; I didnt listen. No one ever listens, it seems to me now. Perhaps people should stop trying to communicate. N was not a communicator; early on, Id insisted on comm...”
“I think: I would like to take N back to a story right now, like a rake. I would say, "Oh, this rake is uneven. Do you have any where the tines go straight across?" I would like to do a straight ex...”
“Thank God (my wife) and I were both born poorso the concept of fidelity was allowed to take root in us.”
“The yearn of the faithfulThe call of the wildTwo conflicting worlds collideSteadfast in a world spiraling out of control. One foot to the earthOne head in the clouds”
“[The Devil and his angels] have... persuad[ed]... humans that a curious, and usually short-lived, experience which they call "being in love" is the only respectable ground for marriage; that marria...”
“Cheating in relationship is a sign of self-regulation failure. When it happens ones, it is a mistake. When it happens twice, it is unfortunate. But when it happens thrice or more, it is a pattern i...”
“Either one is promiscuous or in a relationship - it cannot be both at the same time.”
“She was still not at ease with the idea that she was now important enough to have people as accessories. Nor was she comfortable with the idea of these people as gatekeepers with access to the deta...”
“You cant fight an evil disease with sweet medicine, says the nganga.”
“Later, as she drove the children to school, she thought how worn the grooves were along which they moved their quarrels. She could feel herself saying all the clichd phrases of a thousand injured w...”
“I asked him what his work was. He answered that he devoted all his time to his political activities... He was undoubtedly busy with the diplomatic relations between his testicles and women's breast.”
“Relationship is only two on board. It has to sink when there is one extra passenger”
“She stabbed him with her wicked pretty knife, disrupted his simple life.She's a player, a heartbreaker,and now she breaks alone.”
“The more cashless our society becomes, the more our moral compass slips.”
“Any way I slice reality it comes out poorly, and I feel an urge to not exist, something I have never felt before; and now here it comes with conviction, almost panic. I mentally bless and exonerate...”
“I mentally bless and exonerate anyone who has kicked a chair out from beneath her or swallowed opium in large chunks. My mind has met their environment, here in the void. I understand perfectly.”
