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I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager.

I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after,

And from my place, and from the time that I went through my divorce, I also had my father pass away in the middle of all that. And it kind of made everything else just kind of like the back burner, you know.

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.

I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them.

It was tough being a single mom. It was tough being in a divorce with children. Very, very hard.

Divorce is a by-product of the fact that maybe the nuclear unit is gone.

I never imagined that divorce would be part of my life history or my family's legacy. When people say that divorce can be more painful than death, I understand why. But like any great trial, God uses everything for good, if we allow Him to heal us.

From time to time, I'll look back through the personal journals I've scribbled in throughout my life, the keepers of my raw thoughts and emotions. The words poured forth after my dad died, when I went through a divorce, and after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. There are so many what-ifs scribbled on those pages.

During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.

Divorce is hard. I was about 29 when my husband and I split up. I think we probably fared better than most, because we were young and didn't have kids - but divorce is hard.

I am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church does not believe in: divorce being one, and a women's right to choose being another.

Yes, the divorce was difficult. It was difficult.

Nobody sounds good writing about your divorce, let's face it.

Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet.

I think that the divorce rate's over 50% for a reason. I don't think people are taking enough time now to really see if they can make it work and live together.

Divorce is never easy, but it's even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.

I am a step mother, so how children deal with divorce is something I've witnessed first hand and thought about a lot.

I had a romantic, 'Aren't I a good girl?' take on divorce, but the truth is that was stupid.

Divorce is not easy, but if you genuinely put your kids first, that dictates the civility you should show each other. What example are you otherwise?

If every man would make his prime concern the comfort and well-being of his wife and every wife make her chief concern the comfort and well-being of her husband, we would have very little divorce in the land.

Sure, I suffered a lot. But it's not like the end of the world and it's not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I'm able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life.

For anyone going through a divorce or any other painful challenge, the first and most important recommendation I can make is to find some kind of spiritual and emotional support.

I don't know, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce so there's a lot of great people out there who people aren't happy with.

Stacey Napp understands the ugly side of divorce - which is often the side that involves money. In fact, she understands it so well that in 2008 she started a business, Balance Point Divorce Funding, which invests in divorce and probate litigation, helping clients cover costs in exchange for a share of the winnings.

I'd like to give divorce a good name.

Is everything funny? For me, yes. There's a positive to every negative. Even my divorce? For me, yes. If you go back and look at it, why it happened or how it happened, there's something in there that'll make you laugh.

There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each other makes you feel there's something wrong with you.

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say.

I'm for gay marriage, because I'm for gay divorce.

How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we'd profit from them.

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Technology forced me to divorce a pixie and remarry a pixel.

Lawyers know how to take isolated complaints in a divorce case and build them into one big one.

People say, 'Oh, God, how devastating to go through a divorce.' Did I wish for this to happen to my family? No. But everyone is healthy; we're moving on with our lives.

I think a lot of people think because I was getting the divorce, that was really the catalyst for gaining so much weight.

There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.

You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.

Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.

Conrad Hilton was very generous to me in the divorce settlement. He gave me 5000 Gideon Bibles.

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.

Like the marriage contract you entered into, your divorce is a legal transaction. Treat it that way. Try not to let emotion, hurt, fear or anger dictate the circumstances of your discussions or negotiations.

Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually.

I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.

The ceremony took six minutes. The marriage lasted about the same amount of time though we didn't get a divorce for almost a year.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters.

You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.

My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.

When I get married, it will be for life - divorce is not an option.

I tell you, if I'm going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I have so much energy, there's no way an older man can keep up with me.

Why do Jewish divorces cost so much? They're worth it.

Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.

The biggest financial pitfall in life is divorce. And the biggest reason for divorce is marriage.

I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the Bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce, since Eve was his second wife.

There are four stages in a marriage. First there's the affair, then the marriage, then children and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.

I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

Radical transparency has an enormous impact on our personal lives. We can no longer share thoughts, quips, photos or personal opinions anywhere on the web without being mindful that they may turn up where we least expect it (notably job interviews, divorce proceedings or public media).

It's a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird.

My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

You don't sign up for a divorce when you get married. It's very painful. But it's taught me a great deal about myself.

Today, one year after their divorce, Pamela and Tommy Lee announced they're getting back together. You know what that means? There's still hope for Ike and Tina Turner.

Once when I was working for the Daily News, I was summoned back to work from vacation because Donald Trump announced he was getting a divorce.

Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws.

My family went through divorces and remarriages and the later, blended home - and then watched that home explode, too.

Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

When I left, after my divorce, when I left Oklahoma, I never looked back. It was the future. It was looking forward from then on.

Most people divorce because one in the couple falls in love with someone else: it's a common cause of divorce. I still think that it's tinted - this is my opinion - with a veil of racism and American puritanism.

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.

My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.

I can usually tell when a woman is going through a divorce because they look so gaunt and tired and sad. It's just a huge sadness. It's horrible. It's like death. You mourn, but the person's still there.

Let me be serious: divorce is a sacred institution between a man and a woman who hate each other. God wanted Adam to pay alimony to Eve, not Steve.

Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court?

You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.

Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this.

The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce. It creates a lot of anger and emotional hardship. People may become quite depressed.

What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce.

I come from divorce. I'm only doing marriage once. It's not a game for me.

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are 'made in America.'

Take this marriage thing seriously - it has to last all the way to the divorce.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.

I'm a modern girl, but you should put your husband first. I like to think divorce is not an option.

The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private, and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family.

Divorce is horrible. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I don't think it's anything that's ever completely resolved.

Every once in a while, I run into somebody who tells me that she met her husband in my campaign or a husband who says, I met my wife. I have to tell you, I caused a few divorces too.

I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.

Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to strike a balance between my personal life and my career.

I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I'd like to write a movie about it.

Obviously, you go through a lot of emotional turmoil in a divorce.

Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.

You can't divorce religious belief and public service I've never detected any conflict between God's will and my political duty. If you violate one, you violate the other.