The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.
—Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) Polish Catholic Religious Leader
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population.
—Denis Diderot (1713–84) French Philosopher, Writer
Many divorces are not really the result of irreparable injury but involve, instead, a desire on the part of the man or woman to shatter the setup, start out from scratch alone, and make life work for them all over again. They want the risk of disaster, want to touch bottom, see where bottom is, and, coming up, to breathe the air with relief and relish again.
—Edward Hoagland (b.1932) American Essayist, Novelist
The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is not necessarily one.
—Anatole Broyard (1920–90) American Literary Critic
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
—Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919–2016) Hungarian-born Film Actress
You never really know a man until you have divorced him.
—Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919–2016) Hungarian-born Film Actress
Divorce is a game played by lawyers.
—Cary Grant (1904–86) British-American Film Actor
Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.
—Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer
It takes two to destroy a marriage.
—Margaret Trudeau (b.1948) Canadian First Lady, Author
Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
—Zsa Zsa Gabor (1919–2016) Hungarian-born Film Actress
Judges, as a class, display, in the matter of arranging alimony, that reckless generosity which is found only in men who are giving away someone else’s cash.
—P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) British Novelist, Short-story Writer, Playwright
I’ve been involved in something which was chaotic and insane. All I can say now is that I am, and intend to stay, a single man.
—Sylvester Stallone (b.1946) American Actor, Film Director, Screenwriter
Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left.
—Jean Kerr (1922–2003) Irish-American Author, Playwright