Divorce Quotes
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Couples with children who do win a divorce, cause such social havoc that they should have to pay a special divorce tax.
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Divorce is a time of change. It really rocks a foundation of most people's lives. When we have our heart broken or our dreams taken away from us, it is a time of growth and change.
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After my divorce, painting took me out of panic mode and into a serene, calm place. I could absolutely lose myself.
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What makes divorce happen is that you can't be in the same space any more, for whatever reason - but the love stays. And that's the killer. That's where the vehemence and anger and rage comes from.
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If you raise the bar and offer your best to others then you deserve the same or better. Sometimes you have to divorce people who add no value to your life because they have nothing to offer but drama.
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Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms.
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The divorce in my family was really amicable. There were no fireworks. It was all sort of behind the scenes, if you will. None of us kids ever saw any argument.
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My mother, whom I love dearly, has continually revised my life story within the context of a complicated family history that includes more than the usual share of divorce, step-children, dysfunction, and obfuscation. I've spent most of my adult life attempting to deconstruct that history and separate fact from fiction.
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I suddenly feel a vague pity for all those writers who have to ply their trade from sleepy American suburbs, writing divorce scenes symbolized by the very slow washing of dishes.
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I think that divorce is hard for anyone. It's a nightmare - it just is - and you can pretend you're fine. And there are days you're great and days you're not great.
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We do seem to bicker and bicker. Sometimes I feel we're like an old married couple, who think occasionally of murdering each other - but never of divorce.
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Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.
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Divorce was the darkest, saddest place I had ever been. It was a struggle - there were a good four or five months of not being able to get out of bed. It was the worst time in my life. You get through it. It's a process that's not easy, but I get less and less sad about it every day.
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I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.
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I don't believe in divorce. I believe in widowhood.
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Nobody sounds good writing about your divorce, let's face it.
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Unlike a disappointing marriage, disappointing motherhood cannot be terminated by divorce.
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During the divorce process, I lived alone and tended to get extremely down on myself.
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One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that he or she becomes insensitive to his Creator or fellow beings. It is a cause for discontent, divorce, teenage rebellion, family indebtedness, and most other problems we face.
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Some couples divorce because of a misunderstanding; others, because they understand each other too well.
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Those who have gone through a divorce know the pain and special challenges of raising a child under such circumstances.
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That’s a divorce. You ever seen a divorce? That’s like her taking not only the furniture and the silverware -- she took the dog, too. (Harvick) didn’t get the animal, I would say.
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In August they had a bad fright. Her lawyer had suggested that—in view of the circumstances—they drop the divorce. This filled them both with profound dread; at the thought of staying married, of sinking back into the deadly boredom of their pre-divorce days, they felt nothing but horror. They realized more than ever that marriage for them was unthinkable.
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Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it ‘all the money’ but they changed it to alimony.
