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"I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy."
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"When a man marries, it's proof he can't govern his life. He needs a governess."
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"Marriage is the commodification of affection, copulation, and, reproduction."
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"Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends."
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"Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest."
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"Husbands and wives, recognize that in marriage you have become one flesh. If you live for your private pleasure at the expense of your spouse, you are living against yourself and destroying your joy. But if you devote yourself with all your heart to the holy joy of your spouse, you will also be living for your joy and making a marriage after the image of Christ and His church."
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"To a man who was required to marry before he was allowed to have sex with his lover, marriage is a 'righteous' form of prostitution."
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"Marriage union goes beyond the actual ceremony. It goes beyond intimacy and remains a solid foundation for happiness, if only partners remain optimally loyal to the mission."
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"Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out."
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"Truth be told, many couples spend more time planning the wedding and the honeymoon than they do preparing for the marriage."
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"The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution."
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"Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly."
Poems
"I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings."
Life
"When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good."
Nothing
"I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature."
Music
"There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic."
Criticism
"A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties."
Emotional
"My earlier poems were sadder than my poems are today, perhaps because I wrote them in confusion or when I was unhappy. But I am not a melancholy person, quite the contrary, no one enjoys laughing more than I do."
Emotional
"Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I don't ignore feelings and emotions."
Emotional
"I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy."
Marriage
"I like rhyme because it is memorable, I like form because having to work to a pattern gives me original ideas."
Work
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