You will say good-bye for all the right reasons. You're tired of living in wait for his apocalypse. You have your own fight on your hands, and though it's no bigger or more noble than his, it will require all of your energy. It's you who has to hold on to earth. You have to tighten your grip -- which means letting go of him.

It scares me how fast I go from disliking to loving him, and I wonder if it’s this way for everyone.

It's perfectly natural to doubt your judgment about doubting your judgment.

You did the best you could," and she seemed to believe I had. I said, "I've just been going through the motions," using the expression my father had after he'd watched my first tennis lesson. "Sweetie," she said, "that's what a lot of life is.

It might sound ordinary for a woman to find out her husband's cheating on her, but not if you're the woman and it's your husband.

You don't need a reason to forgive... If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.

He tried to smile, but it was just a shape his mouth made.