I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken.

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Sometimes knowing what's right isn't a rational decision, or even what works on paper. Sometimes leaving is the best course of action after all.

anyone can understand anything. You just have to know how to present your information.

So much of marriage was implicit and nonverbal. Had I gotten so complacent I'd forgotten to communicate?

Words, for all they were flimsy and invisible, had great strength. They could be fortified as a castle wall and sharp as a foil. They could bite, slap, shock, wound. But unlike deeds, words couldn't really help you. No promise ever rescued a person; it was the carrying-through of it that brought about salvation.

How foolish it is to run away with a man who's already run away with someone else.