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"If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist."
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"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."

"Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel."

"Marriage is the only Institution With One Access: Entrance Only, No Exit, No Outing Option So Look Well Before You Dive Into It."

"Mum is a perfectionist and Dad is a pedant and that was partly why their marriage didn't work so well, Elsa figures. Because a perfectionist and a pedant are two very different things."

"Marriage converts a player into a polygamist."

"In order not to make a liar out of Henry or Katherine, one or the other, the committee men think up circumstances in which the match may have been partly consummated, or somewhat consummated, and to do this they have to imagine every disaster and shame that can occur between a man and a woman alone in a room in the dark."

"Any marriage happy or unhappy is infinitely more interesting and significant than any romance however passionate."

"All marriages have their bad sides, because people have weaknesses. If you live with another human being you learn to handle these weaknesses in a variety of ways. For instance, you might take the view that weaknesses are a bit like heavy pieces of furniture, and based on this you must learn to clean around them. To maintain the illusion."

"Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds."
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