--- title: "1 Beat Wife Quotes By Emily Maguire" description: "1 Beat Wife quotes by Emily Maguire. Plus more from Emily Maguire and more Beat Wife sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/emily-maguire-29158_marriage_do-something-a-bit-shit-like-getting-in_1574442.jpg" --- > [“Do something a bit shit, like getting in a fight outside the TAB or getting a DUI, and people around here will bag the hell out of you. But something beyond the pale - beat your wife, hurt your kid,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/do-something-a-bit-shit-like-getting-in-a-fight-outside-the-tab-or/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/emily-maguire-29158_marriage_do-something-a-bit-shit-like-getting-in_1574442.jpg) ## More by Emily Maguire > [“And the worst thing, the unsurvivable thing, is understanding that there exist people who know in their flesh the truth of all this. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/and-the-worst-thing-the-unsurvivable-thing-is-understanding-that/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [“These were the parts of Strathdee the tourists never saw, lined with red-brick and fibro rentals with squat steel fences out front. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/these-were-the-parts-of-strathdee-the-tourists-never-saw-lined-with/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [“That's what Jamie didn't understand: it was never just sex. Even the fastest, dirtiest, most impersonal screw was about more than sex. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/that-s-what-jamie-didn-t-understand-it-was-never-just-sex-even-the/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [“May fiddled with her phone, reminding herself she was good at this and in control and that getting the story was more important than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/may-fiddled-with-her-phone-reminding-herself-she-was-good-at-this-and/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [It was disconcerting that being in love felt lonelier than lonelines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/it-was-disconcerting-that-being-in-love-felt-lonelier-than-lonelines/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [But then, life is a constant withering of possibilities. Some are stolen with the lives of people you love. Others are let go, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/but-then-life-is-a-constant-withering-of-possibilities-some-are/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [“And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much. It was like fucking a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/and-reading-this-way-with-no-deadline-no-agenda-she-remembered-why/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [“Do something a bit shit, like getting in a fight outside the TAB or getting a DUI, and people around here will bag the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/do-something-a-bit-shit-like-getting-in-a-fight-outside-the-tab-or/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [Sarah learnt a lot from Alex. Like the way men could say one thing, then another, then act in a way inconsistent with both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/sarah-learnt-a-lot-from-alex-like-the-way-men-could-say-one-thing/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [Boys are rarely told that their virginity is a gift, or indeed that their sexuality is about “giving” something to another person – lightly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/boys-are-rarely-told-that-their-virginity-is-a-gift-or-indeed-that/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [“She was seventy-three, a widow, came in every night looking like the Queen, drank her body weight in gin and left looking like an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/she-was-seventy-three-a-widow-came-in-every-night-looking-like-the/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [Real love should draw no blood from the loved and buckets from the lover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/real-love-should-draw-no-blood-from-the-loved-and-buckets-from-the/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [“We wish to express our gratitude for the love, concern and support we have received from friends and strangers throughout this last, horrific week.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/we-wish-to-express-our-gratitude-for-the-love-concern-and-support-we/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [“People ask if what I’ve been through has made me afraid and of course, it has. But not of monsters. Only of those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/people-ask-if-what-i-ve-been-through-has-made-me-afraid-and-of-course/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) > [The thing I never understood about love is that it can't be quelled, like lust can. With love, if you follow its call, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-maguire/the-thing-i-never-understood-about-love-is-that-it-can-t-be-quelled/) [Emily Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-maguire/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beat-wife/emily-maguire/#itemlist", "name": "1 Beat Wife Quotes By Emily Maguire", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Do something a bit shit, like getting in a fight outside the TAB or getting a DUI, and people around here will bag the hell out of you. 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