Divorce Quotes

You used words, discarding them meaninglessly, without thinking, whereas I thought they held meaning. I found what you will never see: that my love resides on the other side of words. - Broken Places

Can anyone actually find a replacement for a lost loved one?Isn't there a difference between things and human beings?

I was always on guard and I was always prepared for him to be upset with me. I had lived feeling uneasy and tense for so long.

Being married definitely took work. When we fought, I felt like I wanted to float away and drown, whereas before I knew I could walk away without any strings attached.

I had no intention of forsaking my wedding vows. I had strong morals and never could have imagined going against them. I was never even tempted to stray.

I didn’t want to get burned. I didn't want to be the other woman, but I wanted him with all my might.

He wanted revenge and I knew he would not stop until he got it. I had to hope he would run out of fuel.

At times, it felt so odd being with a man in such an intimate way who was not my husband.

This very easy divorce had become very difficult. I thought I was in the express lane and it was all fast tracks from there. Think again.

I had to get used to it because my life was no longer safe and I was no longer protected like I once was.

I was physically attacked by a woman who didn’t even know me. Yes, my boyfriend was her former husband, but she tried to ruin me.

I could only defend myself so much. It was my word against his. There was no evidence, nor was there any proof. My word meant very little.

He would say things like, “But you are my wife!” when I didn’t do something that he wanted me to do. His expectations were not realistic.

Somehow, we both got carried away. I don’t know exactly how it happened, but before long, I knew nothing was ever going to be the same.

Even though their marriage had been dead for over two years (her words, not mine), this put her in the role of the innocent. She was now a woman scorned. ~Shattered Reality

I don’t know if this happens in all relationships, but I just got so sick of his all too familiar stories. I had heard these stories so many times that I could have recited them myself.

You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief--acceptance.

They throw rice at a new marriage, then give him beans in a divorcement.

Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds.

When you lose a friend or a lover, those who remain in your life gain (more of your attention).

I don’t know what makes people start wanting each other any more than I know what makes it stop all of a sudden. I just know that when you lose it once, you’ll never take it for granted again

LOVE IS LIKE A DESIGNER FASHION, ENJOY IT WHEN YOU HAVE IT. LET IT GO WHEN IT IS GONE BECAUSE A NEW ONE WILL COME.

...when I thought he loved me, when I thought we were joined not just for breath’s time, but for the long continuance, the hard candies of femur and stone, the fastnesses.

Grief is the emotional contract of divorce

For once, the tears wouldn't come. She saw that Michael might have been right. It really could be too cold to snow.

Some people will only love you as much as they can use you. their loyalty ends where the benefits stop.

Some people will only love you as much as they can use you, their loyalty ends where the benefits cease.

You don't walk away to prove your worth. You walk away because you allowed someone else to dictate your value and you found yourself believing it.

Isn't the human body a miracle

Allowing a person or thing to leave your life, without further pain is the basis of humanity. Everything else is the reason (theology).

I just figured that was the life I picked, so I had to make the most of it.

If you think that your partner has been cheating, then take a look at their will. If a past lover is in there, then it is probable that some form of infidelity has occurred.

Madness is loving the unsolvable puzzle of your soul and replacing the lost pieces with my own.

Love, above all things, is a commitment to your choice.

The only way to get over the pain is to face it, embrace it, hug it and learn the lessons embedded within it.

We must be so heavenly minded that we are compelled to be of earthly good!

Deep down a broken heart, all the sadness one can bear is misery.

A friend is like a rope, you trust it until it snaps.

We live in a time when we have a communal duty to receive and broadcast love. We must set aside our repeating arguments and get a handle on our destructive depressions.pg vi

Some people walk into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts. Others walk into our lives and we want to leave footprints on their face!

She didn't know how to hate her mother yet, but every time she left her father crying in the airport she came that much closer to figuring it out.

I wanted two girls, " she said. "You and your sister. I wanted exactly what I had. Other people's children are too hard

I needed him like I needed air to breathe.

She had assumed they would see each other every day but she hadn’t really thought about the implications of having an affair with a married man. It wasn’t going to be a normal relationship.

I wanted the fairytale.

The best way to get OVER one is to get UNDER one

Consider this a one-thousand horsepower divorce, sweetheart

He was the one I compared all others to.

It was as if we'd known each other for a thousand years.

Your heart doesn't think. Your heart is stupid. It doesn't consider the relativity of tragedy when it breaks.