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e78dd42
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Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But it's still the eyes we look at, isn't it? That's where we found the other person, and find them still.
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marriage
love
familiarity
contentment
long-term-relationships
habit
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Julian Barnes |
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I think the tingles are important. They are real, and I am in favor of their survival. But they are not the basis for a satisfactory marriage. I am not suggesting that on should marry without the tingles. Those warm, excited feelings, the chill bumps, that sense of acceptance, the excitement of the touch that make up the tingles serve as the cherry on top of the sundae. But you cannot have a sundae with only the cherry.
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failure-relationship
long-term-appreciation
sense-of-falling-in-love
successful-marriage
long-term-relationships
falling-in-love
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Gary Chapman |
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Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.
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long-term-relationships
pride
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E.M. Forster |
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3bbceed
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For Proust, an injection of jealousy is the only thing capable of rescuing a relationship ruined by habit.
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relationships
marcel-proust
long-term-relationships
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Alain de Botton |
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9c71111
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"And yet, despite the multiplicity of times we've done it, it is still a funny, exultant, true thing - where for a short time you turn into something else and fly; where you stop fretting and wanting, and are simply alight with joy - and all while never venturing beyond the walls of your room. And I would put our continued success down to one simple thing. At the end of every tumbling session, one of us will turn to the other and say, "Thank you very much. That was very pleasant. Very pleasant indeed. My dear, I am much obliged to you."
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sex
marriage
long-term-relationships
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Caitlin Moran |