Quotes about Divorce
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
— Tertullian
So that was the end of that marriage.
— Virginia Woolf
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, a descendant of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land. But in spite of this there is hope for Israel. 3Let us now make a covenant with our God to divorce our pagan wives and to send them away with their children. We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God.
— Greg Laurie
Dear fear, I'm divorcing you. Dear courage, I'm courting you. Dear hope, I'm pursuing you. Dear love, I'm marrying you.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Really. Been married once. No children. Amicably divorced. I dont have any tragedies in my life to give it a form and destination outside of my control. I like what I'm doing. But I could be doing something else. I've been blessed. I'm not even sure I'd change the bad things. Here comes the food.
— Cormac McCarthy
Stop me if you've heard this one. Mickey Mouse is filing for divorce and the judge looks down and he says: I understand that it is your contention that your wife Minnie Mouse is mentally deranged. Is that correct? And Mickey says: No, Your Honor, that's not what I said. What I said was she's fucking nuts. The
— Cormac McCarthy
Often in our blindness, we take on our problems as identities. While divorce, depression, and single parenthood are significant human experiences, they are not identities. Our work is not our identity, though it is an important part of how God intends us to live. For too many of us, our sense of identity is more rooted in our performance than it is in God's grace.
— Timothy Lane
Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.
— Isabel Allende
This is why Satan loves to see divorce among Christian couples. If he can get husbands and wives fighting each other over their disagreements and personality conflicts and preferences, then they will miss the bigger battle altogether.
— Tony Evans
There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.
— Charles Spurgeon
It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
— Oscar Wilde
There is a crisis in America. That crisis is divorce. It is easier to get out of a marriage than (to get out of a) contract to buy a used car.
— Mike Huckabee