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1 " There is more than just infidelity here. Marissa’s cheating is a symptom, not the source of their fundamental breakdown. "
― , The Golden Couple
2 " When an individual trusts another sufficiently to expose the true self--the deepest fears, the hidden desires--a powerful intimacy is born. "
― , An Anonymous Girl
3 " Grief is a shape-shifter, it defies logic, sneaking up on you when you least expect it and leaving you empty-handed and hollow when you go searching for it. "
4 " Grief isn’t linear, it isn’t logical. There’s no structure or civility to it. It grabs you when you least expect it and it digs in its nails until you succumb. "
5 " How do you know if you can really trust someone?" I finally ask.Noah raises his eyebrows and takes a sip of his drink.Then he looks into my eyes and the expression in his is so earnest I feel like he's answering from a deeply personal place."If you need to ask that question, then you probably already know the answer," he says. "
6 " One of them is lying. But who? "
7 " Sometimes silence is more effective tool to loosen information than a direct question; members of the law enforcement community often employ this tactic when a suspect is in custody. "
8 " The worst of humanity comes out in the shadows. "
9 " Does he ever think of me? I wonder.Enough, I tell myself. I need to move on.But if I go home, I know I won't be able to sleep. I"ll be replayinf scenes from our final night together and what I could have done differently again... "
10 " The intellect does not reign supreme in matters of the heart. "
11 " Time is a chameleon. It's ever changing, cannily adapting to circumstances. It stretches out some tiny moments for an eternity. Then it shifts course and swallows up whole days, years even, as if they never existed. It's as slippery and elusive as water running through the cracks in a tightly cupped hand. "
12 " Grief isn’t linear. It isn’t logical. There’s no structure or civility to it; it grabs you when you least expect it and digs in its nails until you succumb. "
13 " I don’t want to give him up, but neither do I want to lead him on. He deserves more than I can offer right now. "
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15 " An uneasy mind is difficult to quiet. "
16 " Grief is a shape-shifter. It defies logic, sneaking up on you when you least expect it and leaving you empty-handed and hollowed out when you go searching for it. "
17 " That’s an Instagram post. Give me something real.” Marissa flinches. In those few words, Avery has cut to the core of what their marriage has become: curated moments served up in public, while in private the emptiness between them slowly expands. "
18 " Tell me about one of your favorite moments together, Marissa.” There are so many for Marissa to choose from, whole albums of memories. She selects one of the glossy snapshots: “Just last year, Matthew and I were invited to a black-tie dinner at the Kennedy Center. It was magical. We hired a car and driver and danced all night. He looked so handsome. It was because of his work on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund that we went—” Avery cuts her off. “That’s an Instagram post. Give me something real.” Marissa flinches. In those few words, Avery has cut to the core of what their marriage has become: curated moments served up in public, while in private the emptiness between them slowly expands. "
19 " Matthew hasn’t seemed bothered that their conversations have become more about to-do lists than ideas or feelings, or that their hands no longer find each other during long drives, entwining atop the gearshift. "
20 " Sometimes, we need to look at our lives from a different angle to recognize the dysfunction and damage certain relationships are causing. "