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People are meant to go through life two by two. ’Tain’t natural to be lonesome. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#marriage #relationships #life

How can two people love each other, create children together, cohabitiate, build a life together, and then end up hating each other in the end. ↗

— Zane

#life

There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two people whose love for one another has grown through the years, from the small acorn of passion, into a great rooted tree ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

#love #marriage #passion #tree #life

A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a fine mustache. Men of wisdom so often do. ↗

— Laini Taylor

#mark-twain #mustaches #humor

I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a positive contribution - know that my life has meaning. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#autism #oliver-sacks #life

The great thing about reading is that it broadens your life ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#game-of-thrones #george-r-r-martin #life

What was our life like? I almost don't remember now. Though I remember it, the space of time it occupied. And I remember it fondly. ↗

— Richard Ford

#marriage #memories #memory #nostalgia #life

what is the matter with me? Am I too particular? I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with. ↗

— Mary Ann Shaffer

#marriage #life

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife,' I said, sighing. 'Is it?' said Veronica, looking surprised. 'Universally acknowledged? Surely that presupposes life similar to human societies beyond this planet, and besides--' 'No, no, it's a quote from ... Never mind,' I said. ↗

— Michelle Cooper

#jane-austen #marriage #misunderstanding #quotes #truth

The most out-there thing I’m saying is, ‘Don’t have babies. Don’t get married and have kids. Have a larger life than that. ↗

— Roseanne Barr

#childfree #childless #children #life #marriage