I think he made that comment out of honesty, it's probably just the way he felt at the time. I can imagine divorce is a pretty rocky road to take and it would be quite confusing and emotional at times, suddenly there is a lot of freedom, you know? Whatever will be, will be and you have to be prepared for many outcomes.
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love; but then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer, to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love; to be happy then is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy; therefore to be unhappy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down.