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> [“By staying married, we give something to ourselves and to others: hope. Hope that in steadfastly loving someone, we ourselves, for all our faults, will be loved; that the broken world will be made whole. To hitch your rickety wagon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/by-staying-married-we-give-something-to-ourselves-and-to-others-hope/)

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## More by Ada Calhoun

> [“Forsaking all others means going deep with one person -- exhaustingly deep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/forsaking-all-others-means-going-deep-with-one-person-exhaustingly/)

[Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/)

> [“So what's the secret to staying together?" I asked her. "Be nice?" she offered. I laughed, but that may be it, the way a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/so-what-s-the-secret-to-staying-together-i-asked-her-be-nice-she/)

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> [“The romantic fairy tales we grew up with -- where marriage is the happy ending rather than the opening scene -- are not useful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/the-romantic-fairy-tales-we-grew-up-with-where-marriage-is-the-happy/)

[Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/)

> [“The boring parts don't last forever. In retrospect, they aren't even boring.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/the-boring-parts-don-t-last-forever-in-retrospect-they-aren-t-even/)

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> [“By staying married, we give something to ourselves and to others: hope. Hope that in steadfastly loving someone, we ourselves, for all our faults,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/by-staying-married-we-give-something-to-ourselves-and-to-others-hope/)

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> [“There are a lot of really broken people. Unfortunately, especially for women, your sense of self and your viability is so under assault from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/there-are-a-lot-of-really-broken-people-unfortunately-especially-for/)

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> [“To love somebody is not just a strong feeling -- it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise," writes psychologist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/to-love-somebody-is-not-just-a-strong-feeling-it-is-a-decision-it-is-2/)

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> [“...even good marriages sometimes involve flinging a remote control at the wall.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/even-good-marriages-sometimes-involve-flinging-a-remote-control-at/)

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> [“As married people, we dwell on a spectrum between happy and unhappy, in love and out of love, and we move back and forth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/as-married-people-we-dwell-on-a-spectrum-between-happy-and-unhappy-in/)

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> [“People who don't marry miss both the pelting hardships of marriage and its warm rewards.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/people-who-don-t-marry-miss-both-the-pelting-hardships-of-marriage/)

[Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/)

> [“Wherever you go, there you are. You would just have different problems. Are the problems you have now so bad that any other problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/wherever-you-go-there-you-are-you-would-just-have-different-problems/)

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> [“Failure is part of being human, and it is definitely part of being married.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/failure-is-part-of-being-human-and-it-is-definitely-part-of-being/)

[Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/)

> [“I want to say that at various points in your marriage, may it last forever, you will look at this person and feel only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/i-want-to-say-that-at-various-points-in-your-marriage-may-it-last/)

[Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/)

> [“The word "slut" has been invoked in the public discourse as an ugly slur. But Langella's book celebrates sluttiness as a worthy -- even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/the-word-slut-has-been-invoked-in-the-public-discourse-as-an-ugly/)

[Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/)

> [“...there is so much beauty in the trying, and in the failing, and in the trying again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/there-is-so-much-beauty-in-the-trying-and-in-the-failing-and-in-the/)

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