Quote by Charlotte Brontë

“She was just released from prison and forgot what a man felt like.”

— Bella Jeanisse

“The long matrimonial haul was accomplished in cycles. One cycle of bad breath, one cycle of renewed desire, a third cycle of breakdown and…

— Joshua Ferris

“When her husband recovered, it was to shout abusively at her…. Later, when she reflected on it throughout the tedious courtroom proceedings, she realized…

— Jean Elson

“Never have I felt so separate from her. And I regret to say that there were moments when my deep and loving pity for…

— Dodie Smith

“In a wacky way, she felt as if they belonged to each other. Two stray, bad-ass loners who didn't know how to handle people.”

— Jennifer Probst

“She didn't realize she was in a prison until she collided with the bars.”

— Joyce Rachelle

“Trapped, cutting herself against the jagged edges of her emotions, she was a prisoner of her own spirit.”

— Leigh Hershkovich

“The whole thing was like a divorce. When we divided everything up, Courtney got my dignity, and I got the heartache.”

— Alex Flinn

“She is afraid of divorce, which will free her, as she was not enough afraid of marriage, which trapped her.”

— a.s. byatt

“An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her whole being with a vague anguish. It was…

— Kate Chopin

“Still, I gave her a call, wondering if she might have lost someone herself, but our talk was limited to the surreal events we’d…

— Armistead Maupin

“There was silence between them for moment, and she wondered if all women, when in love, were torn between two impulses, a longing to…

— Daphne du Maurier