#adultery

It is said that passion may die and faithfulness endure, to which I reply: yes, and faithfulness may be accompanied by boredom and resentment, which may lead to deceit and infidelity, which may lead to vengeance. Passion’s sweep is predictable. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#faithfulness #love #passion #faith

About adultery: Don’t go looking for pancakes when you have flapjacks at home. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #funny

Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when it exploded, it would destroy just herself. ↗

— Jennifer Egan

#marriage #pain #marriage

You must promise me. You can't desire the end without desiring the means.' Ah, but one can, he thought, one can: one can desire the peace of victory without desiring the ravaged towns. ↗

— Graham Greene

#religion #religion

I tried to keep myself away from him by using con words like "fidelity" and "adultery", by telling myself that he would interfere with my work, that I had him I'd be too happy to write. I tried to tell myself I was hurting Bennett, hurting myself, making a spectacle of myself. I was. But nothing helped. I was possessed. The minute he walked into a room and smiled at me, I was a goner. ↗

— Erica Jong

#cheating #fidelity #cheating

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#adultery #another #caught #could #evil

The only reason I don't want to commit adultery is because I love my wife and I love my lord. ↗

— Joseph Prince

#because #commit #i #i love #lord

Adultery is the application of democracy to love. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#application #democracy #love #to love

I just made it official. I'm a twenty-eight year old married woman with a twenty-two year old boyfriend who lives twenty minutes from a husband he doesn't know exists. That God I started believing in a few minutes ago is sending me straight to Hell. ↗

— Chrissy Anderson

#bestseller #chicklit #love-story #lust #trilogy

Men are always hanging around the florist in droves to buy flowers for each other's wives. The only thing worse than treachery is tackiness. ↗

— Bauvard

#florists #flowers #funny #humor #marriage