“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.”Ģ1.
The process of divorce is about loading that blanket, throwing it up, watching it all spin, and worrying what stuff will break when it lands.”Ģ0. “Imagine spreading everything you care about on a blanket and then tossing the whole thing up in the air. “Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”ġ9. At the same time, if people stay together it can be even worse.”ġ8. “When people divorce, it’s always such a tragedy. Like everything else, and like our past struggles, at some point we win, but before that win, there’s always that loss that spurs us on.”ġ6. “It always gets worse before it can get better. Now on the other side of divorce, I know that was me fragmented and doing my best to cope. “I was a high-functioning depressive, seemingly pulled together and buttoned down. “Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.”ġ4. “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”ġ3. “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping it will transform into a door.”ġ2. A tragedy’s staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. “Do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you.”ġ0.
What if I didn’t blame the other person for anything, and held myself 100 percent accountable? What if I checked my own s- at the door and put my children first? And reminded myself about the things about my ex-husband that I love, and fostered the friendship?”ĩ. “I wanted to turn my divorce into a positive.
Don’t say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you’re really just hurting the child.”ħ. “When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn’t a sign that they ‘don’t understand’ one another, but a sign that they have, at least, begun to.”Ħ. “I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.”ĥ. And if you hate those ties, those people will still be your family because whatever you hate will always be with you.”Ĥ. If you make those ties, those people are your family. If you cut those ties, those people are not your family. The only time family becomes null is when those ties in the heart are cut. “There is no such thing as a “broken family.” Family is family, and is not determined by marriage certificates, divorce papers, and adoption documents. “You never really know a man until you have divorced him.”ģ. Without further ado, here are 40 divorce quotes that you can read on dark days when you need a little camaraderie and inspiration:Ģ. Everyone needs help dealing with divorce and especially, divorce recovery (do you know what “healed” even looks like?) We’ve been there, in that place of not knowing what you don’t know. If you find a quote that makes you vibe, consider printing and hanging it somewhere you’ll see it every day. They make us feel seen and less aloneīelow ar e 40 divorce quotes from inspirational women that will make you feel just that: less alone. Such writers give us a voice when we can’t trust ourselves. Their words could be our own-they so closely resemble what we think and feel. We might find ourselves struck by a truth we feel so deeply, so innately, that we could never express it in words. Other times our reaction to another person’s words can take us by surprise. And all those plucky words of chin-up encouragement, or flat-lining platitudes friends and family continue to proffer are falling on your deaf and numb and pained ears. At any given time along this path of change, you might be feeling scared, confused, angry, sad, and lonely.
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