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“‘I’ve been thinking about college,’ I said, perching on a chair, toweling my wet hair, ‘and I think the first year I learned about independence, the second year I learned about religion, the third year I learned about Los Angeles, and this year I’m learning about sex.’” – Best Friends by Martha Moody
“Two times divorced means that another marriage could mean three times divorced, and that’s impossible. Three times divorced goes beyond stigma into shame, or, worse, comedy.” – Best Friends by Martha Moody
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Posted in Books, Love, Marriage and Engagement, Media, Misc. Love, Sad Love, Theory
Posted in Books, Love, Marriage and Engagement, Media, Misc. Love, Sad Love, Theory
“The first divorce is okay, it can happen to anyone-too young, too romantic, unrealistic-but the second divorce is different. The second divorce is stigma.” – Best Friends by Martha Moody
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Posted in Books, Love, Marriage and Engagement, Media, Misc. Love, Sad Love, Theory
Posted in Books, Love, Marriage and Engagement, Media, Misc. Love, Sad Love, Theory
“Well that’s life, I thought. It ends. And that’s friendship: every friendship has its wobbly moments. Live with it, I told myself. Get used to it. I remembered Sally years before in the car driving west, swirling her hand in that chaotic gesture, saying from now on the deaths would be easier. And I had [...]
“There’s this loony idea-American, Christian-that what you do doesn’t ultimately matter, that anything can be forgiven and redeemed. I don’t buy it. Nothing disappears, nothing is cancelled out. A stain in the wood, meat on the hands, a virus in the cells. There’s things don’t go away. In the end, imperfectly but largely, you reap [...]