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I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, & consequently suggests more tugging, & pain, & diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie.

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton (1862–1937), U.S. author. letter, Feb. 12, 1909. The Letters of Edith Wharton (1988).

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