Iris Murdoch Quotes About Marriage
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The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
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People who boast of happy marriages are, I submit, usually self-deceivers, if not actually liars.
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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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Marriage isn't a tram. It doesn't have to get anywhere.
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Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
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