My Husband's Lover Quotes

“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you react to it”
― Jess Ryder, My Husband's Lover

“Her body feels heavy, as if her thoughts are physically weighing her down”
― Jess Ryder, My Husband's Lover

“Ultimately children need happy parents, regardless of whether they're together or apart”
― Jess Ryder, My Husband's Lover

“She's spent too much of her life puzzling over her relationship with Ryan. The sad truth is, it has never been right. There has always been something rotten at the heart of it, a bed smell lingering in her nostrils”
― Jess Ryder, My Husband's Lover

“Men are genetically predisposed to scatter their seed as widely as possible, he told her. Whereas she, as a woman, only needed one partner - a strong man to build the shelter, bring home food and protect her and the children from attack. It was her responsibility to hold on to her husband while purely natural forces pulled him in the opposite direction. When he crossed the middle line in that tug-of-war, it was her fault”
― Jess Ryder, My Husband's Lover

“She's been trying to hold the broken pieces of their relationship together, stuck with the glue of forgiveness, but eventually she's going to have to take her hands away. Will everything stay in place, or will it shatter? She can't be sure, can't risk it yet”
― Jess Ryder, My Husband's Lover

“Not with everyone’s luggage and the supplies”
― Jess Ryder, My Husband's Lover