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'He wasn't just being selfish, he was being realistic. Marriage would have been very difficult if not downright impossible.'

— Susan Howatch The Wheel of Fortune (1984)

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'Oh Harry, for God's sake forget I mentioned the group therapy! Run off and listen to a string quartet!'

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