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“Still, that's the point of love; you love someone despite their flaws.”
― Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
― Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
“What if two people want to be your partner, then what?”
― Something Borrowed
― Something Borrowed
“Why, when people are leaving their partners because they're having an affair with someone else, do they think it will seem better to pretend there is no one else involved? Do they think it will be less hurtful for their partners to think they just walked out because they couldn't stand them any more and then had the good fortune to meet some tall Omar Sharif-figure with a gentleman's handbag two weeks afterwards while the ex-partner is spending his evenings bursting into tears at the sight of the toothbrush mug? It's like those people who invent a lie as an excuse rather than the truth, even when the truth is better than the lie.”
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
“Guilt and no guilt: these were the worst things. The only thing worse than the guilt was the fear of getting caught.”
― A Summer Affair
― A Summer Affair
“I nod, thinking of how difficult marriage can be, how much effort is required to sustain a feeling between two people - a feeling that you can't imagine will ever fade in the beginning when everything comes so easily. I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That is the only real way to grow together, instead of apart.”
― Heart of the Matter
― Heart of the Matter
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