Together Again? Quotes

“Back when we lived together, we had a couch in the room, which played a central role in our marriage. Two roles, actually, that became foundational bricks. For Karan, it was a dumping ground - for the damp towel, dirty socks, smelly t-shirts, laptop bag, and the resentments he had against me, which he buried under the cushion. For me, it was a sounding board - I would sit on it and write in my journal all the things I chose not to say out loud to Karan. I would hide the journal under the cushion, along with Karan’s pile of resentments. Now that the marriage was over, there was no room for his grudges and my confessions. And no room for a couch in the bedroom.”
― Prachi Gangwani, Together Again?: A Lockdown Love Story

“Eighteen is a terrible age to meet the one you’d spend the rest of your life with. You don’t even know who you are yet, and you believe every lie that grown-ups whip up for you.”
― Prachi Gangwani, Together Again?: A Lockdown Love Story

“Checklists are often conceived in the aftermath of experiences. You don’t make a travel checklist until you’ve had a vacation where you realise only once you’ve checked in to your hotel room that you forgot to carry traveler’s cheques. You don’t realise you need to have a classic black outfit in your wardrobe unless you’re invited to a black-tie event, and have nothing to wear. You don’t know that a toxic boss is just as harmful to your mental health as a toxic relationship until you’ve had both. You don’t know what’s going to break your heart unless your heart has been broken.”
― Prachi Gangwani, Together Again?: A Lockdown Love Story

“I’ve pondered often and plenty about why is it that we get married. This institution which started as a mechanism to protect property and possessions and progeny at some point became contaminated with the freedom to choose, and the freedom to love.”
― Prachi Gangwani, Together Again?: A Lockdown Love Story