Divorce is expensive. I used to joke they were going to call it 'all the money,' but they changed it to 'alimony.' It's ripping your heart out through your wallet.
Interpretation
Divorce can be both emotionally and financially draining.
In this quote, Robin Williams humorously captures the pain of divorce, highlighting how it not only impacts one's emotional well-being but also significantly depletes financial resources. The use of humor serves as a coping mechanism for dealing with the heartache and substantial costs associated with a divorce, emphasizing the harsh reality that separation comes with both emotional distress and economic consequences.
In practice
This quote could be shared during a discussion on the toll of divorce in a support group.
It's that idea that you can have one drink - and no you can't. Within a week I was drinking heavily. It was so quick that even I was like, 'Wow.' Because you have that initial warm feeling going, 'Oh, I remember this'. And your body does, too. And your body goes, 'Yeah, so do I'. Then the demon voice comes, 'Yeah, so do I. You know what would be great? You know we bought a little bottle before? A full bottle would be wonderful'.
I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself.
Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I write on big yellow legal pads - ideas in outline form when I'm doing stand-up and stuff. It's vivid that way. I can't type it into an iPad - I think that would put a filter into the process.
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.
It's easy to talk to a horse if you understand his language. Horses stay the same from the day they are born until the day they die. They are only changed by the way people treat them.
We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.
True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.
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