" Later, at the train station before she leaves, my sister says to me: you have to learn to hide what you feel from the children. They will feel what they think you feel. That are only reflections of you.
I don’t believe that, I say.
If they think you’re happy, they’ll be happy, my sister says.
Their feelings are their own, I say. "

― Rachel Cusk , Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation