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It is not possible for one person to meet all of another's needs and marriage partners who expect this soon find each other wanting.

— Merle Shain Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

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You can, after all, produce an orgasm yourself if that's what you want, so we must go to bed for something more.

Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you'd like them to be, although often they turn out the same.

Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

Divorce is very expensive, both economically and psychologically as well, but it probably isn't any more so than living with someone who isn't really on your side.

Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

It's impossible for men and women who love each other not to hurt each other now and then, but most women would settle happily for a man who tried not to cause the same hurt twice.

Some Men are More Perfect Than Others (1973)

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