Marriage is those two thousand indistinguishable conversations, chatted over two thousand indistuinguishable breakfasts, where intimacy turns like a slow wheel. How do you measure the worth of becoming that familiar to somebody–so utterly well known and so thoroughly ever-present that you become an almost invisible necessity, like air?

Elizabeth Gilbert
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Marriage is two people living together for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, in good times and in bad, until death do them part. Marriage is the greatest gift anyone can give another person. It’s where two people bring out the best in each other and learn to appreciate all that is good in life. Being married isn’t easy.

It takes hard work and determination to make it work. But when you’re married, you have the chance to build something special with someone else. You can love someone without worrying about what they think of you or what they will say.

If you’ve ever been married, you know how huge of a gift this is.

Source: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace With Marriage

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