"I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past."
-Julia Ward Howe
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"Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.“
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"Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature."
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
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