I think people want to get married to end their emotional uncertainty.…

Alain de Botton
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I think people want to get married to end their emotional uncertainty. In a way, they want to end powerful feelings, or certainly the negative ones. ✨ Office affairs. Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2009.
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I think people want to get married to end their emotional uncertainty. In a way, they want to end powerful feelings, or certainly the negative ones. ✨ Office affairs. Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2009.

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