"Divorce is one of the loneliest of modern rituals. Before, during, and after the actual culmination of the legal process it is an ordeal that rips people away from their roots, their important relationships, and a part of themselves. There is really nothing like it - except perhaps war."

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Source : Suzanne Gordon (1976). “Lonely in America”

Suzanne Gordon

#War Quotes #Rip Quotes #Divorce Quotes

“Marriage, in my culture, has nothing to do with romance. It's a matter of logic. If Mr. and Mrs. Ahmadi like Mr. and Mrs. Nejari, then their children should get married. On the other hand, if the parents don't like each other, but the children do, well, this is where sad poetry comes from.”
“Before I go to work, I like to pump myself up by crying over my master's degree.”
“No matter how often you see or talk to someone, no matter how much you know them or don't know them, you always fill up some space in their lives that can't ever be replaced the right way again once you leave it.”

Source : John Corey Whaley (2014). “Noggin”, p.124, Simon and Schuster
“The advertisement is one of the most interesting and difficult of modern literary forms.”
“My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.”
“I went to a restaurant the other day called 'Taste of the Raj.' The waiter hit me with a stick and got me to build a complicated railway system.”
“The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the...”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.”

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