The Perfect Divorce Quotes

“Money comes and goes, but time only goes. Not a lot of people realize that. When you give someone your time, what you’re really giving them is a piece of you, and that’s why you have to be careful with it.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“A narcissist can be either right or wronged. There is no in-between.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“They say there’s no difference between a scorned woman and the devil himself, and I believe it—because I can’t tell which one I’m looking at.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“To me trust is like glass. Once you break it, you can't put it back together–and even if you tried, you'd end up cutting yourself in the process. So, you may as well just throw it away.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“different.” “It’s really not. We’re all confined in one way or another. Some of us just can’t see the cages we’re locked in.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“Bob’s lucky I’m not the same woman I was when I was with Adam, my first husband. If I had had children with Adam, maybe he’d still be around. Because, as I said, becoming a mother changed me, and I know they say people can’t change. They can though. At the core, we are who we are—but that doesn’t mean parts of us can’t soften or harden over time.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“I respect time more than anything as it’s our most valuable resource. Money comes and goes, but time only goes. Not a lot of people realize that. When you give someone your time, what you’re really giving them is a piece of you, and that’s why you have to be careful with it.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“Many things in life can fool you into thinking they’re better than they actually are”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“It could mean nothing. It could mean everything.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“What is wrong with him?” “Well, for starters, he’s a man.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“They’re not sorry for what they’ve done. They’re sorry that you know what they’ve done.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“I keep my composure, forcing my eyes to stay put and not roll around in their sockets from her complete and utter delusion.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“He didn't only cheat on me. He cheated on our family. And he pretended to be something he's not capable of being – decent.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“A view is only a view until you stop appreciating it, and eventually, we all do.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“We’re all confined in one way or another. Some of us just can’t see the cages we’re locked in.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“Effort is what I admire because you don’t get results without it.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“Most things you just have to clean up yourself.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“Most of us have never had to make a choice between life and death. But I can tell you, once you do, once you’re forced to make that choice, it changes you forever.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“I extend my hand, taking the glass from him. “Well, that choice is yours.” As soon as the words leave my mouth, I think of Adam. He didn’t have a choice because I made it for him. Sometimes we suffer the consequences of our own actions, and sometimes we suffer the consequences of others’. Then again, in a way, Adam sealed his own fate.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“...Time isn't an anchor. It's not something to hold you in place just because of how long you've been in that place...”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“two can keep a secret if one of them is dead.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“Sometimes we have to see ourselves as the person we want to be before we can become that person.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“No,” she cries out. “We’re not okay. We’re gonna die down here, and it’s all your fault, you fucking whore.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“Eleanor has spent many of her golden years grieving, and given her age, she may not have many more left, but I do empathize with her.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“I don’t remember, and I don’t remember her either.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“I can barely even see him standing in front of me because he’s already a part of my past. He just doesn’t realize it yet, and I don’t know how I can make it any clearer.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“This is how we give a person who did bad things a second chance to do some good ones.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“They say there’s no difference between a scorned woman and the devil himself”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“Because, as I said, becoming a mother changed me, and I know they say people can’t change. They can though. At the core, we are who we are—but that doesn’t mean parts of us can’t soften or harden over time.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce

“that is what they all say, but only once they get caught. They’re not sorry for what they’ve done. They’re sorry that you know what they’ve done.”
― Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Divorce