Elizabeth Strout

But it's also about not being able to say the things that others would find inadmissible.

You know, it summed it up rather well, I thought.

Yes.

then you're saved.

Yes, I do.

It is my husband, so I'm super saved.

Precisely, and that's so, oh my goodness, am I grateful for that, yeah.

They can be a very lonely place.

even in a good marriage is there are times when one feels, you know, I mean, you know, we're all such movable parts and there's always so much going on in each, in each one of us, let alone what's going on in the other person, you know, that we have to sort of work around.

But yeah, marriages can be very lonely.

I was married before and we're very friendly now, which is lovely, but it was, you know.

Right, well, there was almost no way to say it.

And I couldn't say.

Yeah, yeah.

And I think, I mean, I've met people, I watch people, I listen to people.

Yeah.

And I think that's not always uncommon.

But then...

Do you not think people need their secrets, too?

Oh, I absolutely think people need their secrets.