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Marriage is like the romantic ideal, and yet the trappings around it and the culture about it are really the opposite of that.
Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet
Born: Dec 5, 1968

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Marriage, Culture, About, Ideal, Like, Around, Opposite, Romantic, Really, Trappings

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