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God created us with sexual passion so that there would be language to describe what it means to cleave to him in love and what it means to turn away from him to others. ↗

— John Piper

#sex-and-the-supremacy-of-christ #love

With such a worshipping wife, it was hardly possible that any natural defects in it should not be increased. The extreme sweetness of her temper must hurt his. ↗

— Jane Austen

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The deeper you go in ministry, the more the enemy wants to be an irritant in your marriage. ↗

— Kevin Thoman

#ministry #marriage

If marriages are said to be made in heaven then why search for grooms in hell. ↗

— Amit Abraham

#marriages #searching-and-finding #marriage

It is the effect of marriage to engender in several directions some of the reserve it annihilates in one. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

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One of the things you learn about being married is that being with someone day in and day out can make you so comfortable that you risk losing your tact. ↗

— Apol Lejano-Massebieau

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Did you really look at the word Engaged, use to be first you go Steady then buy a ring then the woman was so happy that you became 'Engaged'. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

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A well-worn marriage was like a shop-soiled currency note. Its only fault was that it had been in circulation for too long – it didn’t smell fresh, feel crisp to your fingers and fill you with a sense of possibilities as you held it in your hand, like a newly minted, fresh-from-the-press one did. (Lottery Ticket) ↗

— Manjul Bajaj

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Does this dress make my ass look big?" I ask him. "You look like a fat cow in high heels," he laughs. Yes, I am married to this idiot. ↗

— Patricia Kunnyburger

#cow #idiot #marriage #marriage

Like most marriages, ours eventually wore down all the cartilage. We were a hip needing replacement. Bone on bone, grinding, day in and day out. It worked but it was hard. ↗

— Frederick Barthelme

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