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“I felt like the only way for me to move on with my life was to turn this pain into a project; to retrace my steps and figure out how I got here in the first place.”
― Josh Einstein, @dultery

“As much as I tried to convince myself that such a feeling isn’t necessary for a spark to catch a flame, I knew that kissing for me had been forever spoiled by Rachael’s gin-flavored kiss.”
― Josh Einstein, @dultery

“We didn’t spend more than an hour or two there, but it was without a doubt the most romantic scene I had ever been set in. The feelings I get when I see the pictures and remember how her warm hand felt in mine and our eyes connected at every crosswalk make my heart forget to beat.”
― Josh Einstein, @dultery

“Real Josh” is what I call the other guy. Real Josh couldn’t be any more different from Twitter Josh.”
― Josh Einstein, @dultery

“When I began to write our story down, I thought I was writing a record of hate, but somehow the hate has got mislaid and all I know is that in spite of her mistakes and her unreliability, she was better than most. It's just as well that one of us should believe in her: she never did in herself.”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

“I became aware that our love was doomed; love had turned into a love affair with a beginning and an end. I could name the very moment when it had begun, and one day I knew I should be able to name the final hour. When she left the house I couldn't settle to work. I would reconstruct what we had said to each other; I would fan myself into anger or remorse. And all the time I knew I was forcing the pace. I was pushing, pushing the only thing I loved out of my life. As long as I could make believe that love lasted I was happy; I think I was even good to live with, and so love did last. But if love had to die, I wanted it to die quickly. It was as though our love were a small creature caught in a trap and bleeding to death; I had to shut my eyes and wring its neck.”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

“My passion for Sarah had killed simple lust forever. Never again would I be able to enjoy a woman without love.”
― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair

“It’s thrilling to fight for a love that’s entirely unrequited.”
― Paulo Coelho, Adultery

“Nothing beats that moment of revelation when shyness loses ground to boldness, and quiet moans turn into squeals and swearing.”
― Paulo Coelho, Adultery

“You cannot have a life with someone when half of that life is sealed off behind a wall of lies.”
― Wendy Plump, Vow: A Memoir of Marriage

“Doubt is a scourge of incipient sophistication. Life would be pleasanter without it.”
― Wendy Plump, Vow: A Memoir of Marriage

“In love, I desired no one else. All the attraction, all the compulsion, all the hope for the future, went to one man. These seemed an effective demilitarized zone against temptation, and they are. They keep the enemies of the marriage at bay. But they weaken over the years without any siren going off to alert you to that fact.”
― Wendy Plump, Vow: A Memoir of Marriage

“And when you finally want to end the thing, you want to end all of it. Including the burden of hiding it.”
― Wendy Plump, Vow: A Memoir of Marriage

“Having an affair doesn’t inoculate you against the effects of one. Adultery is not a SARS vaccine.”
― Wendy Plump, Vow: A Memoir of Marriage

“Maybe most disappointing of all is that I never got to dance with her even once.”
― Josh Einstein, @dultery

“I could have a thousand mornings with her just like that morning and never get tired of it, so long as I knew that a thousand and one was in the future.”
― Josh Einstein, @dultery

“I have often described my feelings for her as a drug. I’ve never been an addict, but I sure felt like one now. The cravings, the insatiable need to have her overwhelms everything rational in my mind. The physical and psychological pain that brings me to my knees when she’s not around… The lies I tell myself that I can stay away from her… The inevitable relapse when I reach out to her again, directly or indirectly… The euphoria when she reaches back… There’s no better analogy I can think of.”
― Josh Einstein, @dultery

“Desire shapes belief.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“There is no shame is asking for help. We accept the fact that those at the end of life and those at the beginning of life require assistance, yet we somehow believe that adults should be able to be independent in spite of hardship.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“There is no shame is asking for help. We accept the fact that those at the end of life and those at the beginning of life require assistance, yet we somehow believe that adults should be able to be independent in spite of hardship. Divorce is the death of one life and the infancy of another. You will need help.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“The desire for vengeance kept me prisoner for a time, bars made with the steel of indignation holding my damaged self in a helpless cage.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“There is so much about the legal process of divorce that is just not fair. A”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“There is so much about the legal process of divorce that is just not fair.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“Unlike sociopaths, narcissists are deeply unhappy and seek to validate themselves through exaggeration and projection. They lie until it becomes a reflex, and they often fall sway to their own false stories all in a quest to avoid what causes them pain.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“I could not fall in love with a data point.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“Even though I had no contact with him for those eight months, he was still in my life as a virtual element. I made the very deliberate choice to never look for him again. His story was no longer connected to mine in any way; I had no reason to continue to follow his actions. I let him go.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“My stories and updates on the increasingly absurd situation provided entertainment and fodder for those around me. I became the days of their lives. It was a natural role to fill. After all, I needed to talk about what had happened and I happened to have a story that people wanted to hear.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“Life isn’t like the movies; not every story wraps up neatly, presented in a gift bag with a matching bow.”
― Lisa Arends, Lessons From the End of a Marriage

“As entrepreneurs, we have to trust our guts at times and have faith—faith to know that once we figure out our purpose in life, the “how” will always reveal itself.”
― Nick Unsworth, The Book On Facebook Marketing: To Help You Set Your Business & Life on Fire

“I (and most other online marketers) think in terms of abundance and don’t really even think twice about the competition. There’s plenty of money out there for all of us.”
― Nick Unsworth, The Book On Facebook Marketing: To Help You Set Your Business & Life on Fire