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There are men to whom a marriage is eternal and who are crippled for ever when it ends, largely, I think, because of the passion and completeness of their own contribution to it. They embark their all in one frail craft, and, if that goes, the wreck is total.

— Howard Spring A Sunset Touch (1953)

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To be the only possessor of news that will interest many people is always to be in a powerful position.

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