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" Marriage is an adventure, like going to war. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. "

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" When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you... Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion, and you know it can happen to you. "

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