Quote by John Updike
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

Other quotes by John Updike

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. – John Updike

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Poetry
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Dreams come true without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. – John Updike

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Dreams
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Other Quotes from
Marriage
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Straight couples dont have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isnt compulsory and its absence doesnt invalidate a marriage. – Dan Savage

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Marriage

I listen to the people. That was a big reason for my life, maybe the main reason, Im singing because I love it when people say to me, Thank you. I thank them. Its a marriage. – Julio Iglesias

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Marriage

Marriage is socialism among two people. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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Marriage

I feel very deeply about the need to respect and tolerate people of different social – or sexual orientation. But at the same time, I believe marriage should be preserved as an institution for one man and one woman. – Mitt Romney

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Marriage

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When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods. – Leon Battista Alberti

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An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten. – Constance Rourke

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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. – Virginia Woolf

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Love