Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institu…

Susan Sontag
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Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings. The whole point of marriage is repetition. The best it aims for is the creation of strong, mutual dependencies. ✨ Susan Sontag (2009). Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963, p.83, Macmillan
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