Source: Lisa Myers, Michael Austin. "Edwards admits fathering child with mistress." MSNBC.msn.com. 1/21/2010.
John Heilemann & Mark Halperin: "With her husband, she [Elizabeth] could be intensely affectionate or brutally dismissive. At times subtly, at times blatantly, she was forever letting John know that she regarded him as her intellectual inferior. She called her spouse a 'hick' in front of other people and derided his parents as rednecks. One time, when a friend asked if John had read a certain book, Elizabeth burst out laughing. 'Oh, he doesn’t read books,' she said. 'I’m the one who reads books.'"
Source: John Heilemann, Mark Halperin. "Saint Elizabeth and the Ego Monster." NYMag.com. 01/09/2010.
Elizabeth Edwards: "John said, 'Perhaps not the great love story that we hoped, but maybe a great love story nonetheless.' [It's] 'till death do you part -- because that's what I want."
Source: "Elizabeth Edwards Focuses on Living." Aol.com. 10/26/2009.
Elizabeth: "He [John] has provided for us. He has -- you know, his fathering has been nearly perfect. His caring for me, with this really big painful exception, has been extraordinary, through Wade's death, through the cancer ... You have to say, is that -- is this piece, this piece which is so painful, so big, that it obscures all of those other things. And did I think about that? I did think about that. But in the end I decided it did not ... My forgiving him has allowed me to let go of a lot of the pain."
Source: "Elizabeth Edwards discusses tragedies, strengths." Cnn.com. 5/13/2009.
Elizabeth in an interview about John's affair, "It's not a process that you get through, certainly in the time frame we're talking about. It's an ongoing process of finding your feet again, retelling your story to yourself ... When you mention trust, that's probably the most difficult hurdle ... Each day is different. You might think, 'I'm doing great today,' then tomorrow it's terrible. It's not like a straight-line graph."
Source: Patricia Anstett. "Elizabeth Edwards on her husband's acknowledgment of an affair". Detroit Free Press, 9/18/2008.
John Edwards: "In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake, and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public."
Source: Carla Marinucci. "Edwards admits to having an affair." SFGate.com. 8/9/08.
Ms. Winstead: “I often say two wet noodles can’t hold each other up, but John and Elizabeth were really able to grieve very personally and yet together. While each of them struggled, I don’t think their relationship ever struggled.”
Source: Kate Zernike. NYT.com. 12/31/07.
Elizabeth: "John was always there by my side. I cannot say enough about what a great husband he has been through all of this. John and I are so completely connected. There is nothing closer than where we are now."
Source: People.com. 09/29/06.
John, about Elizabeth's diagnosis of breast cancer, 2004: "Elizabeth is as strong a person as I've ever known. Together, our family will beat this."
Elizabeth, about their son Wade: "There are times when we think about Wade, a sort of, `Gosh, he would have enjoyed this.' Part of the reality of losing a child is that you never know when it's going to hit you."
Bonnie Weyher, longtime friend: "He (John) has always had a profound respect for her (Elizabeth's) opinions on things."
Glenn Bergenfield, longtime friend: "They speak in an intimate, private manner every day."
Elizabeth about the apple green bridesmaids dresses: "A very obnoxious color, made of a kind of fabric that comes out of the washing machine dry."
Source: BridesDecide.com.
