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That a marriage ends is less than ideal but all things end under h

That a marriage ends is less than ideal but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. – John Updike

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Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. – John Updike

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