I Hate This Place. I

For A Gallant Spirit There Can Never Be Defeat.

Fortunately For The Human Race, Pain, However Piercing, Is Not A Lasting Emotion. The Recollection Of Happiness Lingers, But The Consciousness Never Retains For Long The First Thrust Of Tragic Loss. The Details Of Daily Life Crowd In Upon The Mind.

There Can Be No Summary And Dramatic End To A Marriage - Only A Slow And Painful Unravelling Of A Tangled Skein Of Threads Too Stubborn To Be Broken.

Never Explain, Never Complain.

The Real Essence Of Any Marriage That Has Struggled, However Unsuccessfully, Towards Happiness, Lies In The Growth Of A Wordless Understanding That What Is Acceptable To One Partner Will Be Acceptable To The Other.