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> [The romantic myth is so strong that it survives the wear and tear of marriage by simply detaching from it and floating up on ahead, and women who are rather fond of the men they married, as well as ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/the-romantic-myth-is-so-strong-that-it-survives-the-wear-and-tear-of/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

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## More by Merle Shain

> [One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/one-often-learns-more-from-ten-days-of-agony-than-ten-years-of/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Feelings take you into uncharted territory from time to time it's true, but you almost always benefit from the journey one way or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/feelings-take-you-into-uncharted-territory-from-time-to-time-it-s/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/the-act-is-unjustifiable-that-either-begs-for-a-blessing-or-having/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Some men are more perfect than others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/some-men-are-more-perfect-than-others/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/loving-someone-means-helping-them-to-be-more-themselves-which-can-be/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/anger-is-a-passion-so-it-makes-people-feel-alive-and-makes-them-feel/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [It can be much harder to be on the receiving end of a transaction than to be the one who gets to give. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/it-can-be-much-harder-to-be-on-the-receiving-end-of-a-transaction/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Love is short, forgetting is long, and understanding longer still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/love-is-short-forgetting-is-long-and-understanding-longer-still/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we must see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/the-roots-of-love-sink-down-and-deep-and-strike-out-far-and-they-are/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Friends are people who help you be more yourself, more the person you are intended to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/friends-are-people-who-help-you-be-more-yourself-more-the-person-you/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [“ Whether the melon falls on the knife or the knife falls on the melon, it's the melon that suffers." And so it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/whether-the-melon-falls-on-the-knife-or-the-knife-falls-on-the-melon/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/when-you-put-something-good-into-the-world-something-good-comes-back/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Our times are obsessed with finding fulfillment, so there are times when some people try too hard, and there are people who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/our-times-are-obsessed-with-finding-fulfillment-so-there-are-times/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [The day you spend hoping, the day you spend waiting, the day you spend in despair, is a day in your life as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/the-day-you-spend-hoping-the-day-you-spend-waiting-the-day-you-spend/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

> [Marriage is supposed to do everything, like Duz, which is more than half its problem. It is said to save us, define us, give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merle-shain/marriage-is-supposed-to-do-everything-like-duz-which-is-more-than/)

[Merle Shain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merle-shain/)

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