We were classically in love, holding the classic beliefs: Everything is possible between us, we can authentically care for each other through not just the coming days but . . . the numerous busy decades to come. . . . It's in no way denigrating to admit what we all know: This time comes and then it goes. —Jane Shapiro More about this quote Tags: love care Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He didn't say, Why had I gone. He didn't say, When would I return. He didn't ask anything about my plans, or tell me anything about him. Instead, when at last he spoke, Dennis said, "I'd be curious to know what you think marriage is. If the word marriage has any meaning for you?" What an excellent question! It was elegant, succinct, dignified, painful, and utterly shaming — a beautiful response. On the highway trucks blew past. I stood in a hot wind, clutching the receiver, trying, against daunting odds, to compose the felicitous answer his query deserved. Nothing would do. Not the intimidated child's "I don't know." Not the political campaigner's "I'm glad you asked." Not the overextended adulterer's "Please don't question me now." After a long, potentially fertile, but finally unproductive silence, I said, "I think when you and I got married, we felt we really loved each other." And canny Dennis said, "I ain't talking about love. —Jane Shapiro More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email