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Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. keeping that going is hard work.
-Elizabeth Gilbert
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Marriage Becomes Hard Work Once You Have

Elizabeth Gilbert
Marriage becomes hard work once you have poured the entirety of your life’s expectations for happiness into the hands of one mere person. keeping that going is hard work.
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