Divorcee Quotes

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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some people each left their spouse or lover because he or she was no longer the primary source of their happiness; some, because their spouse or lover was, at that time, the primary source of their unhappiness.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Many marriages would have been laid to rest a long time ago, if they were not on a life-support machine called other people’s opinions and/or expectations.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Most women would each be left with fewer dreams or without a dream, if the institution of marriage were to be abolished.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Lucy Diamond
“The thing about settling down that freaks me out is that you're being honest, You're saying, this is me. This is what I can do. This is it.”
Lucy Diamond, One Night in Italy

Marjane Satrapi
“But as far as your virginity is concerned... Now that you are married and divorced, it's normal that you're no longer a virgin! You can make love with whomever you want, without anyone knowing! You know! There's no meter down here!”
Marjane Satrapi, Embroideries

Lucy Diamond
“Whereas while you're travelling, nobody really knows. While you're travelling you still have the potential to do anything, be anything. It's only when you stop and actually try to do those things that you discover your own capabilities, I guess.”
Lucy Diamond, One Night in Italy

“Most marriages are kept alive by tolerance … of a dead relationship.”
@Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Carol Grace
“She was a grown-up, divorced woman now, on her own. She'd gotten herself this far, she could get herself around Italy too.”
Carol Grace, Her Italian Millionaire

Lucy Diamond
“People who switch their niceness on and off are not to be trusted.”
Lucy Diamond, One Night in Italy

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Marriage did not just cage millions of people. It has also freed them from their obsession to be seen as worthy of being with by their partners.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some people married for money. Some divorced for love.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Marriage is often a failed secret attempt to change someone.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Some people choose to remain in a dead marriage, mainly or even only because they do not want to be seen as responsible for the failure of their previous marriage, or marriages.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Married people use a successful marriage as an advert for marriage, and a failed marriage as an advert for a good husband or wife.”
Mokokoma Mokhonoana