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The first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints a

The first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints aping marriage develop. – John Updike

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The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. – John Updike

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Society
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The inner spaces that a good story lets us enter are the old apartments of religion. – John Updike

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Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats. – Marge Piercy

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Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting. – Augusten Burroughs

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Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome. – Jerry Seinfeld

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When youre suddenly pregnant and no one is standing by your side, even if youre in your 30s, its a hard conversation. Im a traditional girl, and I believe in marriage, and I just always thought thats the way Id be doing this. – Bridget Moynahan

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I think thats one of the most difficult things in any marriage – in order to build anything, you must be together. You cant build anything over the telephone. – Julie London

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Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. – H.G. Wells

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