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In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partn

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way. – Iris Murdoch

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We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. – Iris Murdoch

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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for granted relationship. – Iris Murdoch

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