“Divorce is simply modern society's version of medieval torture. Except it lasts longer and leaves deeper scars. A divorce releases the most primitive emotions; the ugliest, raw feelings. Emotionally wounded people do their best to inflict pain upon the other party, but rather than using claws they use divorce lawyers.”

— William Shatner, book Up Till Now

William Shatner and David Fisher "Up Till Now: The Autobiography" https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1429937971, pg. 136.

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