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21 " Corban’s narcissistic personality disorder is textbook. A grandiose sense of self, a preoccupation with power and success, an outrageous sense of entitlement and a distinct lack of empathy. The symptoms are all there. In his manic state, he’s no longer bothering to disguise any of them. "
― Kimberly Belle , The Marriage Lie
22 " My education has taught me to see nature and nurture as equal propositions, but my job has taught me nurture wins out every time. Especially when it’s lacking. The more messed up the parents, the more messed up the kid. It’s really that simple. "
23 " can’t keep food down,” I hear myself say. Evan’s honesty has loosened something up in me, and the words come out on their own accord. “Everything tastes like cardboard, even when I’m starving. I’ll eat it, then throw it right back up. "
24 " The growl of a lawn mower roars outside. A dog starts up across the street. "
25 " Whoever said God doesn’t give you more than you can handle was full of shit, because this—this grief that slams me over and over like a Mack truck, this weight of missing Will that presses down on all sides until I can’t breathe—is going to kill me. "
26 " Good morning, this is Shefali Majumdar speaking.” Except for her name, Shefali sounds as American as apple pie. Her voice is smooth and pleasant, without the slightest trace of an accent I can detect, "
27 " Why do they call it grief, when really it’s a whole gamut of awful emotions, confusion and regret and anger and guilt and loneliness, wrapped up into one little word? "
28 " also knows I teach my students to move past their baggage by becoming accountable. I teach them responsibility for their own actions and behaviors, to follow the rules and live up to expectations. "
29 " Grief, after all, is a solitary venture. "
30 " Love and sacrifice. Honesty. Trust. We see what we want to see. We gather information, use it or ignore it to shape our own beliefs, to make our own choices, to withhold love or to give it freely. "
31 " I could very well be pregnant already. “Most people give wool or copper for their seventh anniversary. You gave me sperm. "
32 " Children are the product of their parents, and crappy or nonexistent parenting skills load down a child with baggage that’s no fault of their own. I’ve said it often enough that Will knows I believe this to be true. He knows I won’t think less of him "