"My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage."

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"My father and mother were second cousins, though they did not meet till shortly before their marriage."

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"Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after."

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"Marriage is a million piece puzzle, a pristine and exciting pursuit at the beginning that gradually becomes a daunting task, usually more challenging than anticipated. It is only those truly committed to solving that puzzle who witness in the end the miraculous outcome of every tiny piece laid out and pressed together in an inspiring and envious creation-a treasure only time, resoluteness, and perseverance could create."

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"Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society's map. What others don't know about it is what makes it yours."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Never marry when under the guise you need to 'see if it'll work', but rather marry because in your mind you want to make it work."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest."

George Eliot, British Author

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"I came into marriage with love but when I got there she refused the dictatorship and fled away, I and my wife are looking for her. Anyone who finds her please contact us. We swear not to harm her again."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"You do not marry a woman, but you marry your imagination of her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"A healthy marriage acts as the vessel of wellbeing and stability for both partners as well as the children."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Marriage would change hardly anything between us, except that we would end our arguments in a much more satisfying way. And of course I would have extensive legal rights over your body, your property, and all your individual freedoms, but I don't see what's so alarming about that."

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