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Quote by 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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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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It is a fact that all women contribute more to marriage than men for the most part they have to change their place of living, their method of work, a great many women today changing their occupation entirely on marriage and they must even change their name. – Agnes Macphail

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Alimony — The ransom that the happy pay to the devil. – H.L. Mencken, “Sententiae,” A Book of Burlesques, 1920

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I never thought Id spend all my life with Gary. I suppose I was quite cynical about marriage. But with Jude, I knew right from the beginning: there was an electricity Id never felt before. It was so easy, we talked for hours. It was a relief, really. – Sadie Frost

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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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I will give thanks to thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Thy works, and my soul knows it very well. Psalms 139:14 – Bible

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We must declare ourselves, become known allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself. – Gore Vidal

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Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it. – Harold Hulbert

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