The Ex Quotes

“pretend to be pleased and try not to cry. Why do we do this, in the name of loyalty, in the name of love? Because we feel it is none of our business. Because we do not want to offend. Because we believe we are all grown-ups and that we must all take responsibility for ourselves, our choices, the outcomes of those choices. Or is it because, deep down, we fear the loss of those we love most?”
― S.E. Lynes, The Ex

“Generosity is a funny thing. Boundless until it is abused, when it mutates into something that reduces you, makes you resentful in ways you don’t want to be, snappy, curt, mean.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Ex

“It is the small things that give us away, he thinks. It is not what we say but what we do.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Ex