But in the real world, you couldn’t really just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad the other, with the child equally divided between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn’t see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete. – Sarah Dessen
Instead of getting married again, I’m going to find a woman I don’t like and just give her a house. – Lewis Grizzard
Divorce isn’t such a tragedy. A tragedy’s staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce. – Jennifer Weiner
Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course. – Helen Rowland
No, I’m not divorced but my parents are. They got divorced when I was seven years old. I wanna tell you that its hard. My parents dislike each other very much and its hard for me to grow up knowing that I am not completely full. But I wanna tell you something else. Be happy that they are divorced cause if they did it then they probably weren’t right for each other. Had they continued hiding the pain the emotions would fly out causing even more pain. So be grateful for what you do have.
For some reason, we see divorce as a signal of failure, despite the fact that each of us has a right, and an obligation, to rectify any other mistake we make in life. – Joyce Brothers
Losing a mate to death is devastating but it’s not a personal attack like divorce. When somebody you love stops loving you and walks away, it’s an insult beyond comparison. – Sue Merrell
I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me. – Kurt Cobain
The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
An open marriage is nature’s way of telling you that you need a divorce. – Ann Landers
When people divorce, it’s always such a tragedy. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse. – Monica Bellucci
Divorce is a fire exit. When a house is burning, it doesn’t matter who set the fire. If there is no fire exit, everyone in the house will be burned! – Mehmet Murat ildan
The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation. – Lord Chesterfield
When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children. – Pat Conroy
My parents’ divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing with all that. – Jennifer Aniston
I bequeath all my property to my wife on the condition that she remarry immediately. Then there will be at least one man to regret my death. – Heinrich Heine
Our parents got divorced when we were kids, and it was kind of cool. We got to go to divorce court with them. It was like a game show. My mom won the house and the car. We were all excited. My dad got some luggage. – Tom Arnold
Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations. – Susan Faludi
She is afraid of divorce, which will free her, as she was not enough afraid of marriage, which trapped her. – A. S. Byatt
The remedy for most marital stress is not in divorce. It is in repentance and forgiveness, in sincere expressions of charity and service. It is not in separation. It is in simple integrity that leads a man and a woman to square up their shoulders and meet their obligations. It is found in the Golden Rule, a time-honored principle that should first and foremost find expression in marriage. – Gordon B. Hinckley
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