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title: "1 Demand Life Quotes By Carl Whitaker"
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> [Once it's established that we are a team, I can demand of you and expect you to demand of me. Life without pain is an addiction and the fantasy of perpetual happiness is like the "delusion of fusion."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/once-it-s-established-that-we-are-a-team-i-can-demand-of-you-and/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

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## More by Carl Whitaker

> [Once it's established that we are a team, I can demand of you and expect you to demand of me. Life without pain is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/once-it-s-established-that-we-are-a-team-i-can-demand-of-you-and/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

> [I have a theory that theories are destructive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/i-have-a-theory-that-theories-are-destructive/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

> [Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/shame-occurs-when-you-haven-t-been-able-to-get-away-with-the-who-you/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

> [Every marriage is a battle between two families struggling to reproduce themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/every-marriage-is-a-battle-between-two-families-struggling-to/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

> [As much as I would miss my wife if she were to die, I would miss what we are together even more. Our "we-ness,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/as-much-as-i-would-miss-my-wife-if-she-were-to-die-i-would-miss-what/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

> [If we can abandon our missionary zeal we have less chance of being eaten by cannibals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/if-we-can-abandon-our-missionary-zeal-we-have-less-chance-of-being/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

> [There are no individuals in the world only fragments of families](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/there-are-no-individuals-in-the-world-only-fragments-of-families/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

> [When there are kids involved, there's no such thing as divorce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-whitaker/when-there-are-kids-involved-there-s-no-such-thing-as-divorce/)

[Carl Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-whitaker/)

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