The snag about marriage is, it isn´t worth the divorce. - Suzanne Finnamore, Split: A Memoir of Divorce

"I love you as the mother of my child": the kiss of death.Mother of His Child: demotion. I am beginning to see this truism: Mothers are not always wives. I have been stripped of a piece of self."

"How do you know? How best to ensure his nervous breakdown?"I ask."Keep going,"Christian says. "Just go on as if nothing has happened. We all hate that."

"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 say. "It´s Normandy out there."

"Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil."

"Delusion detests focus and romance provides the veil."