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> [Marriage is like a series of opposing reflections, inverse images getting ever smaller like nesting dolls, each one of your trying to squeeze yourself smaller to fit inside the hopes of the other, until one of you cracks or stops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/marriage-is-like-a-series-of-opposing-reflections-inverse-images/)

[Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/)

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## More by Jacob M. Appel

> [Nothing sells tombstones like a Girl Scout in uniform.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/nothing-sells-tombstones-like-a-girl-scout-in-uniform/)

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> [Marriage is like a series of opposing reflections, inverse images getting ever smaller like nesting dolls, each one of your trying to squeeze yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/marriage-is-like-a-series-of-opposing-reflections-inverse-images/)

[Jacob M. Appel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-m-appel/)

> [Never make enemies of anyone younger or healthier than you are. They write your history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/never-make-enemies-of-anyone-younger-or-healthier-than-you-are-they/)

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> [Maybe that is the greatest of wonders: that we can be shaped so much by those we've known closely, and equally by those we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/maybe-that-is-the-greatest-of-wonders-that-we-can-be-shaped-so-much/)

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> [There is a fundamental difference, however, between asking to be permitted to keep a vegetative relative on costly machinery, and asking the taxpayers or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/there-is-a-fundamental-difference-however-between-asking-to-be/)

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> [Much as we do not permit convicted pedophiles to teach kindergarten or convicted hijackers to board airplanes, common sense dictates that individuals who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/much-as-we-do-not-permit-convicted-pedophiles-to-teach-kindergarten/)

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> [Know your load. That's rule numero uno in this business, which is why I make them count the penguins out in front of me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/know-your-load-that-s-rule-numero-uno-in-this-business-which-is-why-i/)

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> [“Battery Park resonates with lust as the sun approaches its zenith. A primal impulse takes hold of the young couples strolling the gravel walkways,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/battery-park-resonates-with-lust-as-the-sun-approaches-its-zenith-a/)

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> [“I have vicarious morning sickness. Other people's babies make me nauseous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/i-have-vicarious-morning-sickness-other-people-s-babies-make-me/)

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> [Maybe life involves the pairing of unsuitable people, those who wait and those who keep others waiting, and the key to happiness is finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/maybe-life-involves-the-pairing-of-unsuitable-people-those-who-wait/)

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> [Choose old people for enemies. They die. You win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/choose-old-people-for-enemies-they-die-you-win/)

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> [I am grateful that I have rights in the proverbial public square - but, as a practical matter, my most cherished rights are those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/i-am-grateful-that-i-have-rights-in-the-proverbial-public-square-but/)

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> [“Nixon’s offences had been so long in the past, so much part of a different era that he now seemed like some lovable but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/nixon-s-offences-had-been-so-long-in-the-past-so-much-part-of-a/)

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> [While the visible victims may draw the headlines and attract indignant protests from so-called "pro-life" organizations, the invisible victims are people like you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/while-the-visible-victims-may-draw-the-headlines-and-attract/)

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> [I used to dream of true love; now I'm open to false, but convincing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-m-appel/i-used-to-dream-of-true-love-now-i-m-open-to-false-but-convincing/)

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