I am scared, numbed from the marital wars - that deadly, deadening combat which is the opposite, the antithesis of the sharp painful struggles of lovers. Lovers fight with knives and whips, husbands and wives poisoned marshmallows, sleeping pills, and wet blankets.

Susan Sontag
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In this quote, William Styron talks about the conflict that occurs in a marriage. He says that he is scared and numbed from the marital wars which are deadly and deadening. He seems to be saying that marriage is a very hard place to be in, and he has been there before, and it's a very scary place.

Source: Reborn: Journals And Notebooks, 19471963

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