"Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph."
-Iris Murdoch
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"There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship."
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"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."
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"One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance."
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"The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all."
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"In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way."
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