155 Quotes by Esther Perel

[I]nfidelity has a tenacity that marriage can only envy.

Almost everywhere people marry, monogamy is the official norm and infidelity the clandestine one.

The body often contains emotional truths that words can too easily gloss over.

If you trade passion for stability, you basically trade one fiction for another. Both are products of our imagination.

We no longer get work out of our children; today we get meaning.

The smaller we feel in the world, the more we need to shine in the eyes of our partner.

The best ideas rarely arise in one isolated mind, but rather develop in networks of curious and creative thinkers.

Monogamy used to mean one person for life. Now monogamy means one person at a time.

We're walking contradictions, seeking safety and predictability on one hand and thriving on diversity on the other.