Esther Perel Monogamy Quotes & Sayings

Today, monogamy is one person at a time. — Esther Perel

Despite a 50 percent divorce rate for first marriages and 65 percent the second time around; despite the staggering frequency of affairs; despite the fact that monogamy is a ship sinking faster than anyone can bail it out, we continue to cling to the wreckage with absolute faith in its structural soundness. — Esther Perel

Love is a pain in disguise, a scorpion lying in wait for just the right moment to strike and inject you with its poison before scuttling off into the shadows. — Ellen Hopkins

I have always touched on different genres whether it has been hip-hop, country and the rock element. — Kid Rock

The walls around us bear witness to lives past and present. — Jose Parla

Monogamy, it follows, is the sacred cow of the romantic ideal, for it is the marker of our specialness: I have been chosen and others renounced. When you turn your back on other loves, you confirm my uniqueness; when your hand or mind wanders, my importance is shattered. Conversely, if I no longer feel special, my own hands and mind tingle with curiosity. The disillusioned are prone to roam. Might someone else restore my significance — Esther Perel

He looked the boy up and down as if he had never seen a child before and wasn't quite sure what he was supposed to do with one: eat it, ignore it or kick it down the stairs. — John Boyne

Dad has shamelessly played the Mom card. Against which there is no defense. — Denis Markell

I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it. — Domhnall Gleeson

When we go, go fast. Stop for nothing. Maximum aggression wins the day here. — James S.A. Corey

God can take better care of you than you could ever take of yourself. He could open doors for you that you could never open. He can close doors that will keep you out of trouble. God can give you favor everywhere that you go. — Joyce Meyer

Trouble looms when monogamy is no longer a free expression of loyalty but a form of enforced compliance. — Esther Perel

It's mass confusion. I'm guessing on every shot. About the only thing left for me is acupuncture in the brain. — George Archer

I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end. — Sam Claflin

You may think you're married to a woman, but she's really an overgrown child. — Emily Yoffe

I wish they would see the real person in me. One day, they will know I'm not here for the show. My mind do shine. My heart is so kind. But that they can not see because all they see is the outside of me. Who I am, what I do is only the reaction I get from you. — Herschel Walker

A woman should say: 'Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?' If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy. — Barbara Cartland