Edith WhartonTheir long years together had shown him that it did not so much matter if marriage was a dull duty, as long as it kept the dignity of duty: lapsing from that, it became a mere battle of ugly appetites.
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It was not so much the marriage itself that mattered, as the fact that it was a marriage at all. That it had lasted so long meant something. That there were so many unfortunate conflicts between them had shown him that they were not two people, but one person.
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