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What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.

Alain de Botton

I'm interested in the modern suggestion that you can have a combination of love and sex in a marriage - which no previous society has ever believed.

Alain de Botton

We need objects to remind us of the commitments we've made. That carpet from Morocco reminds us of the impulsive, freedom-loving side of ourselves we're in danger of losing touch with. Beautiful furniture gives us something to live up to. All designed objects are propaganda for a way of life.

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Relationship Quote

A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.

- Marcel Proust

Motivational Quote

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

- Lou Holtz

Happiness Quote

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

- Maxim Gorky

Family Quote

You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.

- Judith Guest

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Every woman is wrong until she cries, and then she is right - instantly.

- Sam Slick

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