I had been much more in love with my wife than she with me, that was all. Somehow, you were supposed to be ashamed of this, as though love were a perpetual jostling for the roles of pursuer and pursued. As if it didn’t take more courage to admit that someone held your hopes of happiness in their hands. As if it were a choice. Amanda Craig
About This Quote

This quote is by Jeanette Winterson and is from her novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. The book is about a woman who falls in love with a man she cannot have. When he eventually leaves her, she realizes that her love was not genuine but rather based on his being the only person able to meet her needs. Once she realizes this, she falls into an even deeper depression.

Source: In A Dark Wood

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