“Men always say that as the defining compliment, don’t they? She’s a cool girl. Being the Cool Girl means I am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers…”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“I really wish it were only me and you. I'm jealous of everybody in the room.”— Blink 182, youtube.com
“When a man cheats, it is said it is because he is a dog. When a woman cheats, it is said it is because her man is a dog.”— Mokokoma Mokhonoana, amazon.com
“So when a secret affair is revealed, it’s devastating, destructive, and something we all would like to avoid -- but it’s also a moment that can make us finally, fully honest about what’s been missing, and what’s worth saving.”— Anna Sale, wnyc.org
“My husband and I had been together for so long and I came to realize that he in a lot of ways had stopped paying attention. I think to a certain extent we were both sort of invisible to each other.”— Sheri, wnyc.org
“It became more painful to not do it and to just test the waters and say, maybe this is the only guy that I’ll ever be in love with and for me to deny myself that -- that would be terrible.”— Ali, wnyc.org
“Having an affair seems like such a big decision. Of course, it’s really a series of small choices.”— Anna Sale, wnyc.org
“Only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unb…”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“So, thank you so much after all for getting away. You brought me back to the most important person in my life: me.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“You see, if it had worked out the way the storybook fantasy played out in my head, I wouldn’t have met nearly as many new people as I have since you and I cut ties, each of whom has contributed in a small or huge way to my life.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“It’s strange how someone who was once my best friend became a total stranger.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“As for me, sometimes I’m so deliriously happy that I could cry. If I saw you again I would hug you, just to thank you for walking away.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“We skirt the issue of tomorrow and with every passing day, when each sunset lights up the sky, we pretend that the shelf life this has doesn’t exist.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.”— Maureen Dowd, lifesbestadvice.com
“They say a good love is one that sits you down, gives you a drink of water, and pats you on top of the head. But I say a good love is one that casts you into the wind, sets you ablaze, makes you burn through the skies and ignite the night like a phoenix; the kind that cuts you loose like a wildfire…”— C. Joybell C., lovequotes.net.in