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"Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me."
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"A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards."

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"It was too perfect to last,' so I am tempted to say of our marriage. But it can be meant in two ways. It may be grimly pessimistic - as if God no sooner saw two of His creatures happy than He stopped it ('None of that here!'). As if He were like the Hostess at the sherry-party who separates two guests the moment they show signs of having got into a real conversation. But it could also mean 'This had reached its proper perfection. This had become what it had in it to be. Therefore of course it would not be prolonged.' As if God said, 'Good; you have mastered that exercise. I am very pleased with it. And now you are ready to go on to the next."

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"They said, "You'll never find someone like me again!" I thanked them for wishing me well."

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"After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life."

"The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that."

"God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament."
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