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"I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them."

"Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two."

"I also remembered Buddy Willard saying in a sinister, knowing way that after Ihad children I would feel differently, I wouldn't want to write poems any more. So I began to think maybe it was true that when you were married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and afterward you went about numb as a slave in some private, totalitarian state."

"Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest."

"Treat marriage like a diamond necklace; if broken, fix it, but do not throw it away."

"You contribute much to your marriage by the wise, thrifty, diligent management and oversight of your part of the household budget."
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"Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend,' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?"
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