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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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A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other peoples patience. – John Updike

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Existence itself does not feel horrible it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience. – John Updike

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The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters. – Harold Nicolson

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It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both. – Guy de Maupassant

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Although we hardly see each other off the set, Joy and I get along well when we do. As far as the marriage between Nathan and Haley, I think they are young and will see the reality of the situation eventually. – James Lafferty

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Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him. – Marilyn Monroe

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I wasnt sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions. – Shannon Elizabeth

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I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others. – Sidney Sheldon

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