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title: "2 Marriage Forced Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“You were kidnapped not?" "I was kidnapped." "You were forced not into marriage?" "I was forced into marriage." "You want not an annulment?" "I want not an annulment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deeanne-gist/you-were-kidnapped-not-i-was-kidnapped-you-were-forced-not-into/)

[Deeanne Gist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deeanne-gist/)

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> [“It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around US. Because "they" (the powers that be) have never been entirely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/it-is-not-we-as-individuals-then-who-must-bend-uncomfortably-around-2/)

[Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/)

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