Liane Moriarty - The Husband's Secret (2013)

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All these years there had been a Tupperware container of bad language in her head, and now she opened it and all those crisp, crunchy words were fresh and lovely, ready to be used.

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Nobody ever told you that being a mother is all about making what seemed like thousands of tiny decisions.

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Then he kissed her so deeply and so completely that she felt like she was falling, floating, spiraling down, down, down, like Alice in Wonderland.

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It feels like you can't breathe, but you actually are breathing. It feels like you'll never stop crying, but you actually will.

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Perhaps nothing was ever meant to be. There was just life, and right now, and doing your best. Being a bit bendy.

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It was like she was thinking, How far can I go with this? How much more can I fit in my life without losing control?

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Marriage was a form of insanity; love hovering permanently on the edge of aggravation.

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She didn't understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel, and some people got away with murder while others made one tiny, careless mistake and paid a terrible price.

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There were worse things to be than sexist. For example, you could be the sort of person who pinched your fingers together while using the words teeny weeny.

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None of us ever know all the possible courses our lives could have and maybe should have taken. It's probably just as well. Some secrets are meant to stay secret forever. Just ask Pandora.

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Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen Polly show more than a passing interest in strawberry jam, although now, of course, she was always catching her standing at the open fridge, staring at it longingly. The power of denial.

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She longed to feel something momentous. Sometimes her life seemed so little.

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Falling in love was easy.anyone could fall. It was holding on that was tricky

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