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Iain Reid Quotes

Total quotes: 6
“Forfeiting solitude, independence, is a much greater sacrifice than most of us realize.”
— Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Tagged: Solitude, Being Alone
“Most people want to get married. Is there anything else that people do in such huge numbers, with such a terrible success rate?”
— Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Tagged: Marriage, Failed Relationships
“The more we tell ourselves that we should always be happy, that happiness in an end in itself, the worse it gets.”
— Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Tagged: Happiness
“Sadness is a normal human condition, no different from happiness. You wouldn’t think of happiness as an illness. Sadness and happiness need each other.”
— Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Tagged: Part and Parcel, Yin And Yang, Sadness, Happiness
“It’s not you, it’s me. It’s my issue. I’m the one with the problem. I’m putting you in an unfair position. You’re a good person. I need to work through some things. You need to move on. We tried, we did. And you never know what’ll happen in the future.”
— Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Tagged: Breaking Up, Things to Say To Someone When You Are Breaking Up With Them, It's Not You (It's Me)
“I think what I want is for someone to know me. Really know me. Know me better than anyone else and maybe even me. Isn’t that why we commit to another? It’s not for sex. If it were for sex, we wouldn’t marry one person. We’d just keep finding new partners. We commit for many reasons, I know, but the more I think about it, the more I think long-term relationships are for getting to know someone. I want someone to know me, really know me, almost like that person could get into my head. ”
— Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Tagged: Relationships, Why We Date, Why We Commit, Love, Getting To Know Someone
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