"Proving, proving; and for no other reason than that he was married to a woman who had somehow managed to put him forever on the defensive, who loved him when he was nice, who lived according to what she happened to feel like doing and who might at any time-this was the hell of it- who might at any time of day or night just happen to feel like leaving him. It was as ludicrous and as simple as that."
- Richard Yates

"When this failed, he broke into a long monologue of self-pity, and ceased only when he saw that he was making himself despicable in her sight. He threatened to leave when he had no intention of leaving and refused to go when she told him that, after all, it was best that he should."  - F. Scott Fitzgerald