" think children need that joy in their lives. If they exist in a world where they are forever watching their parents tiptoeing around each other—even if they’re not arguing—it gives them a false set of values. In retrospect, I would rather have been with one parent who was genuinely happy than with two who had so many axes to grind you could almost hear them being sharpened. "

― Rachel Abbott , Only the Innocent (DCI Tom Douglas, #1)