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Husband-sharing is ugly and, one way or another, someone's dreams are crushed when a new wife joins a household.

— Lola Shoneyin

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Once you crash the idea of normal in your mind, all impossibilities become possible.

A real woman must always do the things she wants to do, and in her own time too. You must never allow yourself to be rushed into doing things you're not ready for.

Anyone who laughs at you for showing your family respect is a fool.

The choices we have to make in this world are hard and bitter. Sometimes we have no choices at all.

The world has no patience for spinsters. It spits them out.

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The confusion of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.

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Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.

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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

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The best way to worship God is to love your wife.

Victor Hugo Les Misérables (1862)

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