Latest Quotes

“When you smile, I melt inside. I'm not worthy for a minute of your time.”

— Blink 182, via YouTube

“I really wish it were only me and you. I'm jealous of everybody in the room.”

— Blink 182, via YouTube

“I cheated on my husband because he cheated on me. That’s the sad and simple truth.”

— Lindsay T., Women Reveal What Drove Them To Cheat On Their Husbands

“...when people win against others, they tend to think they're better, or more deserving. And that thinking helps them justify cheating, since, after all, they're the rightful heir to whatever throne is next.”

— Roberto A. Ferdman, Why People Cheat

“While no one knows precisely what went through this mind or motivated him, there was at least one thing that could have hinted at what drove Armstrong to cheat: He was a winner.”

— Roberto A. Ferdman, Why People Cheat

“Now, all over the world, there is one word that people who have affairs always tell me. They feel alive.”

— Esther Perel, Transcript of "Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved"

“...it isn't always our partner that we are turning away from, but the person that we have ourselves become. And it isn't so much that we're looking for another person, as much as we are looking for another self.”

— Esther Perel, Transcript of "Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved"

“At the heart of an affair, you will often find a longing and a yearning for an emotional connection, for novelty, for freedom, for autonomy, for sexual intensity, a wish to recapture lost parts of ourselves or an attempt to bring back vitality in the face of loss and tragedy.”

— Esther Perel, Transcript of "Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved"

“I try to just take things as they come and that has been a wonderful change.”

— Kristin Addis, Confessions of a Travel Addict: Kristin Addis

“Adultery has existed since human beings began entering into relationships”

— Dawn Serra, Why do people cheat? A look at infidelity. | Dawn Serra

“Once that pain is engrained, we do everything we can to avoid it again. Don’t get in too deep.”

— Kristin Addis, We’re Just Damaged Goods Looking For Love

“Happiness plays more of a role with women, who are in fact a lot likelier to cheat if they feel lonely in their marriage or partnership.”

— Ellie Zolfagharifard, The science of why people cheat revealed

“If a person values self-gratification more than the intimacy they gain from a relationship, then they will stop sacrificing for the relationship and are likely to end up cheating.”

— Mark Manson, Why People Cheat in Relationships

“I don’t have to internalize negativity from someone whose opinion doesn’t matter dearly to me.”

— Kristin Addis, 30 Healthy Promises To Make To Yourself Before Turning 30

“I promise to be gentle with myself. Because in an argument with myself, I’ll always lose.”

— Kristin Addis, 30 Healthy Promises To Make To Yourself Before Turning 30

“SELF-GRATIFICATION > INTIMACY = CHEATING”

— Mark Manson, Why People Cheat in Relationships

“The nature of a person’s employment is also related to infidelity—individuals whose work involves touching other people, having personal discussions, or a great deal of one-on-one time are more likely to have an affair.”

— Kelly Campbell, Why People Cheat

“Men are more likely than women to commit infidelity, largely because men have more testosterone, which is responsible for the strong desire to have sex.”

— Kelly Campbell, Why People Cheat

“Spouses cheat because of problems in their relationship. Something is missing, passion has faded, partners feel lonely, a partner finds someone who treats them better or who appreciates them more than their current spouse, and so on.”

— Truth About Deception, Truth About Deception

“What we wanted out of our sex life was very different. We had some issues in our relationship that had been slowly pushing us apart.”

— Adam, Why Do People Cheat? We Got 11 Cheaters to Confess