323 Quotes About Infidelity
- Author Esther Perel
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At their peak, affairs rarely lack imagination. Nor do they lack desire, abundance of attention, romance, and playfulness. Shared dreams, affection, passion and endless curiosityーall these are natural ingredients found in the adulterous plot. They are also ingredients of thriving relationships. It is no accident that many of the most erotic couples lift their marital strategies directly from the infidelity playbook.
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- Author Elena Ferrante
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We don't know anything about people, even those with whom we share everything.
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- Author Iris Murdoch
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And all the time the line of force which bound her to her husband stretched and vibrated so that her heart in secret haemorrhage, gushed blood.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Men (who cheat) do not cheat because they are dogs. They are (regarded as) dogs because they cheat.
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- Author Jonathan Safran Foer
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But that slip of paper wouldn't disappear, ever, and neither would the image of his prostrate wife, and neither would the thought that if he could, it might greatly improve his life to end it.
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- Author Adam Ross
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When David Pepin first dreamed of killing his wife, he didn’t kill her himself. He dreamed convenient acts of God.
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- Author Siobhan Fallon
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There was so much he could have said and chose not to. “I didn’t pry into your past, Margaret. I don’t pry into your life before we met, so don’t do it to me.”And that was it, there was nothing more to say. I nodded my head and ever since I’ve made myself comfortable in this limbo of not knowing. Sleepless in this bed I made.
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- Author Neena H. Brar
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He had swept her off her feet then, and was all charm and charisma but then the magic slowly diminished and finally died due to his secret betrayals over time. Thousands of little resentments had replaced the early warmth. But their hearts, although heavy with bitterness and anger at the failed expectations, had gotten used to the solace of each other’s company that often comes with years of living together, and they never stopped performing this morning ritual of their married life.
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- Author Neena H. Brar
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It wasn’t an unhappy marriage? Could a marriage be happy, standing on a shaky ground of adultery and a disregard for the wife’s feelings? He didn’t say anything; he listened to her quietly.
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