There Are Many Pages In The Book,

The Conflict Between What One Is And Who One Is Expected To Be Touches All Of Us. And Sometimes, Rather Than Reach For What One Could Be, We Choose The Comfort Of The Failed Role, Preferring To Be The Victim Of Circumstance, The Person Who Didn't Have A Chance.

I'm Not Sure There Can Be Loving Without Commitment, Although Commitment Takes All Kinds Of Forms, And There Can Be Commitment For The Moment As Well As Commitment For All Time. The Kind That Is Essential For Loving Marriages - And Love Affairs, As Well - Is A Commitment To Preserving The Essential Quality Of Your Partner's Soul, Adding To Them As A Person Rather Than Taking Away.

One Can Never Change The Past, Only The Hold It Has On You, And While Nothing In Your Life Is Reversible, You Can Reverse It Nevertheless.

You Can Tell A Lot About What A Man Lacks By Watching What He Is Cynical About, And Many Of Us Are Cynical About Love.

Perhaps The Old View Of 'me Breadwinner, You Hausfrau' Worked For Our Grandparents, When People Obligingly Popped Off Before Boring Each Other To Death, But It Won't Work Any Longer Because We Are Living Too Long And Divorce Is Needed Today To Do What Death Acomplished More Economically Before.