Crumbling Marriage Quotes & Sayings

What was lost was lost. There was no retrieving it, however you schemed, no returning to how things were, no going back. — Haruki Murakami

Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor. — Jack D. Zipes

I took the sleeper out of Glasgow, and as the smelly old train bumped out of Central Station and across the Jamaica Street Bridge, I stared out at the orange halogen streetlamps reflected in the black water of the river Clyde. I gazed at the crumbling Victorian buildings that would soon be sandblasted and renovated into yuppie hutches. I watched the revelers and rascals traverse the shiny wet streets. I thought of the thrill and danger of my youth and the fear and frustration of my adult life thus far. I thought of the failure of my marriage and my failures as a man. I saw all this through my reflection in the nighttime window.
Down the tracks I went, hardly aware that I was going further south with every passing second. — Craig Ferguson

Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear. — Rumi

3 And thus he foretells us, behold the Lord cometh, and his reward is with him, — Wake, William

In many ways, the crumbling of the institution of marriage is the real 'war on women.' Marriage is the civilizing influence for men and for families. — Tim Huelskamp

Marriage was like a stale brownie - started crumbling apart the minute we got hitched. — Heather Day Gilbert

it was like glass sandpaper being rubbed on my skin. — Nicci French

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do. — Jean Piaget

I'm a thief. I steal scenes, I steal opportunities. I am the ultimate thief. I got sticky fingers. — J. B. Smoove

The pieces of soul can't be cut out without filling them up again, that's a real law there. God's law. Can't cut out the pieces any more than you can go around with a big hole in your gut. Got to be plugged up, replaced somehow. — Robert Hicks

To me, the harmonica is like a voice. — Charlie Musselwhite

We need to understand that being an accomplice or accessory to those who seek to enslave our posterity, is no better than being the folks that are locking the chains themselves. — Matt Shea