Wallis Simpson
Wallis Simpson
Wallis, Duchess of Windsorwas an American socialite. Her third husband, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII, abdicated his throne to marry her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitical Wife
Date of Birth19 June 1896
CityBlue Ridge Summit, PA
CountryUnited States of America
marriage divorce tangled
There can be no summary and dramatic end to a marriage - only a slow and painful unravelling of a tangled skein of threads too stubborn to be broken.
laughter confused echoes
All this was mine; but I was a long time learning that wisdom and experience are things apart; that to taste life is not to be confused with understanding what life is really all about. The shared experiences, the wisdom so freely proffered by others, in words and in example, rarely swayed me for long. Came another day and the import was gone, and only the echo of the laughter remained. Experience was a revolving sun in the warmth of which I was content to bask.
marriage emotional fire
A marriage, even one that goes awry, generates claims and needs that persist like an afterglow long after the emotional fire is burned out.