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title: "7 Long term marriage Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [There is such pleasure in long-term marriage that I really would hate to be my age and not have had a long-term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cokie-roberts/there-is-such-pleasure-in-long-term-marriage-that-i-really-would-hate/)

[Cokie Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cokie-roberts/)

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> [No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/no-long-term-marriage-is-made-easily-and-there-have-been-times-when-i/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/madeleine-l-engle-345_angry_no-long-term-marriage-is-made-easily-and_865937.png)

> [Iris Krasnow has managed to demystify the workings of long-term marriages by confirming the mysterious uniqueness of each one. The secret, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-braun-levine/iris-krasnow-has-managed-to-demystify-the-workings-of-long-term/)

[Suzanne Braun Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-braun-levine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/suzanne-braun-levine-67826_challenges_iris-krasnow-has-managed-to-demystify-th_1014431.png)

> [Dating is about grand romantic gestures that mean little over the long term. Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lori-gottlieb/dating-is-about-grand-romantic-gestures-that-mean-little-over-the/)

[Lori Gottlieb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lori-gottlieb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a28/lori-gottlieb-35075_acts-of-kindness_dating-is-about-grand-romantic-gestures_1647632.png)

> [No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/no-long-term-marriage-is-made-easily-and-there-have-been-times-when-i-2/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [I'm coming out of a long term marriage and I don't want to jump into anything too serious or too much, too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaunie-o-neal/i-m-coming-out-of-a-long-term-marriage-and-i-don-t-want-to-jump-into/)

[Shaunie O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaunie-o-neal/)

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> [A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. It is certainly not that passion disappears, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/a-long-term-marriage-has-to-move-beyond-chemistry-to-compatibility-to/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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