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Quotes About Divorce

Prima ancora del suo primo disastroso matrimonio, si ricordava d'aver seguito con ardore le ribellioni dell'Irlanda, e le cause di divorzio di donne che cercavano di liberarsi da uomini che odiavano. Avevano un bel da dire i parroci che la libertà spirituale e corporale son cose affatto diverse! Perniciosa dottrina, quella! Il corpo e l'anima non si possono separare in tal modo. La libera volontà costituisce la forza di ogni legame, e non la sua debolezza.
~ John Galsworthy
But we all know the power of the passion of love; and I would ask you to remember, gentlemen, in listening to her evidence, that, married to a drunken and violent husband, she has no power to get rid of him; for, as you know, another offence besides violence is necessary to enable a woman to obtain a divorce; and of this offence it does not appear that her husband is guilty.
~ John Galsworthy
You probably know stories of couples who never fight or argue and then suddenly to everyone's surprise they decide to get a divorce. In many of these cases, the woman has suppressed her negative feelings to avoid having fights. As a result she becomes numb and unable to feel her love. When negative feelings are suppressed positive feelings become suppressed as well, and love dies. Avoiding arguments and fights certainly is healthy but not by suppressing feelings.
~ John Gray
Global studies reveal that as women become more educated and financially independent, their risk of staying single or getting a divorce increases, their happiness decreases, and their stress levels rise.
~ John Gray
I hear women say this. Instead women would often complain: He doesn't listen; he is inattentive; he is no longer romantic; he doesn't complement me; he is less affectionate; or he is self-centered. When considering divorce, a woman would say, "I give and give, but I don't get back. I have nothing left to give." This is a far cry from a man's basic frustration that his wife is just not happy and as a result he feels like giving up.
~ John Gray
And you've never been married, right?" "Correct." "Well, I've tried it twice and I'm not sure I can recommend it.
~ John Grisham
You know what they say—the reason divorce is so expensive is because it's worth it.
~ John Grisham
For him and his Chancery Court, a major trial was a nasty divorce
~ John Grisham
the reason divorce is so expensive is because it's worth it.
~ John Grisham
They agreed to go their separate ways on Sundays and had no idea what would happen when children entered the picture.
~ John Grisham
The lords said afterward that she had agreed to a divorce in principle, as long as it was legal and "not prejudicial to her son.
~ John Guy
The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child.
~ John Irving
It was one of those ridiculous arrangements that couples make when they are separating, but before they are divorced - when they still imagine that children and property can be shared with more magnanimity than recrimination.
~ John Irving
Ah, yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet. ROBIN WILLIAMS
~ John Lloyd
Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce.
~ David Byrne
Divorce the past to marry the present and be blessed with a lovely child of future.
~ Unknown
Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue.
~ Malcolm Turnbull
Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to heterosexual marriages suddenly deciding to get divorced so they can marry a person of the same sex?
~ Malcolm Turnbull
I guess we can start at the end but it's really the middle. Let's just call it the really bad part. My second wife, Mishna, brought it to my attention that I had an anger problem. She didn't say it like that. What she said was, "I'm leaving." Then she took her vagina and left.
~ Marc Maron
Our own statistics about violence, depression, drug abuse, divorce, and crime indicated that although ours was one of the wealthiest societies in history, it may also be one of the least happy societies. Why would we want others to emulate us?
~ John Perkins
His ex-wife, Truly, whom he still occasionally visited, wore various pieces of camo, depending on daily fashion demands—more at Walmart, less at Target.
~ John Sandford
But a good servant, and I am an excellent one, can completely control his master, tell him what to think, how to act, whom to marry, when to divorce, reduce him to terror as a discipline, or distribute happiness to him, and finally be mentioned in his will.
~ John Steinbeck
We have a very simple belief that everyone involved in a divorce is a griever. That includes children, parents, siblings, and friends of the couple. This attitude makes it easy for us. We always know that the primary issue is unresolved grief.
~ Unknown
After divorce of Pompeia in 62 BC I feel that members of my family should never be suspected of breaking the law. -Meos tam suspicione quam crimine iudico carere oportere
~ Julius Caesar