Juniper Dempsey

“Paradox of marriage: you can never know someone entirely; you do know someone entirely.”
― Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies

“There’s my Duchess. Before I go, I’m going to tell you something about trust. It goes like this: It’s best if you decide to be true to the relationship rather than being true to the person. Because when the person lets you down (and he/she will!), you’ll say to yourself, “All bets are off!” And you’ll feel free to break a trust or breach privacy or be disloyal in big or small ways. It’s a justification. If you commit to the relationship, you’re being faithful to that. Same with friendship. That’s what I endeavor to do.—PJ”
― Duchess Goldblatt, Becoming Duchess Goldblatt

“If you have reasons to love someone, you don’t love them.”
― Slavoj Žižek

“In murderous times / the heart breaks and breaks / and lives by breaking.”
― Stanley Kunitz