Reading is the unbelievably healthy way _x000D_ my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. _x000D_ Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to _x000D_ make contact with reality after a day of making things up.
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I have now been married to my third husband for more than 20 years. But when you've had children with someone you're divorced from, divorce defines everything; it's the lurking fact, a slice of anger in the pie of your brain.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Divorce can have a lasting impact on personal relationships and emotions, especially when children are involved.
In this quote, Nora Ephron reflects on the complexities of relationships that come with divorce, particularly how having children from a previous marriage continues to influence one's current relationships. She presents the idea that divorce creates a lingering emotional presence, affecting one’s thoughts and feelings, even after many years, highlighting that the emotional residue of divorce is not easily escaped.
Themes
DivorceRelationshipsChildrenEmotionsMarriage
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the long-term effects of divorce on children and parents.
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