That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heav…

John Updike
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That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. ✨ John Updike (2011). Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism, p.467, Random House
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That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds. ✨ John Updike (2011). Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism, p.467, Random House

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