It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather, it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around us.
Elizabeth GilbertAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: July 18, 1969
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