Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir Of Divorce

Quotes

• “Any way I slice reality it comes out poorly, and I feel an urge to not exist, something I have never felt before; and no...”
• “Someday I will have revenge. I know in advance to keep this to myself, and everyone will be happier. I do understand tha...”
• “So many events and moments that seemed insignificant add up. I remember how for the last Valentine´s Day, N gave flowers...”
• “I mentally bless and exonerate anyone who has kicked a chair out from beneath her or swallowed opium in large chunks. My...”
• “I love you as the mother of my child": the kiss of death.Mother of His Child: demotion. I am beginning to see this truis...”
• “He announces that lately he keeps losing things. "Like your wife and child,"I want to say, but don´t. At fourty, I´ve le...”
• “They feel life is for the taking, and that everyone deserves happiness no matter what the cost. I must remember these tr...”
• “Take me now, God!"I shout to the inky sky. "I´m ready.""You´re not ready. You´re not even divorced yet,"Bunny says. "You...”
• “How do you know? How best to ensure his nervous breakdown?"I ask."Keep going,"Christian says. "Just go on as if nothing ...”
• “How can I grieve what is still in motion?"I ask her. "Shoes are still dropping all over the place. I´m not kidding,"I sa...”
• “God is great and God is good,"Lisa says. "But where are the Apache attack helicopters when you need them?”
• “I used to loathe ambivalence; now I adore it. Ambivalence is my new best friend.”
• “Surprises, I feel now, are primarily a form of violence.”
• “The snag about marriage is, it isn´t worth the divorce.”
• “Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil.”