"My cousin Roger once told me, on the……" — Anne Tyler

My cousin Roger once told me, on the eve of his third… - Anne Tyler

"My cousin Roger once told me, on the eve of his third wedding, that he felt marriage was addictive. Then he corrected himself. I mean early marriage, he said. The very start of a marriage. It's like a whole new beginning. You're entirely brand-new people; you haven't made any mistakes yet. You have a new place to live and new dishes and this new kind of, like, identity, this 'we' that gets invited everywhere together now. Why, sometimes your wife will have a brand-new name, even."

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All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. — Wystan Hugh Auden
I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that… — Alec Baldwin
When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and… — Jacqueline Bisset
Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill. — Graydon Carter
I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to… — Eric Clapton
Three cigarettes in, your body already craves it. It is that addictive. — Loni Anderson
Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on… — Maya Angelou
Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death. — Harry J. Anslinger
Fame is addictive. Money is addictive. Attention is addictive. But golf is second to none. — Marc Anthony
I'll tell you why I like the cigarette business. It cost a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar.… — Warren Buffett
All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence.… — Richard G. Scott
Another false philosophy that appeals to the Mr. Hyde side of our natures is that peeking into pornography is harmless.… — James E. Faust

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