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Jane Smiley: Being married is…

Jane Smiley at the 2009 Texas Book Festival, A...
Jane Smiley at the 2009 Texas Book Festival, Austin, Texas, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

You know what getting married is? It’s agreeing to taking this person who right now is at the top of his form, full of hopes and ideas, feeling good, looking good, wildly interested in you because you’re the same way, and sticking by him while he slowly disintegrates. And he does the same for you. You’re his responsibility now and he’s yours. If no one else will take care of him, you will. If everyone else rejects you, he won’t. What do you think love is? Going to bed all the time? –Jane Smiley, novelist (b.1949)

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LINUS FERNANDES
I have been an IT professional with over 12 years professional experience. I’m a B.Sc. in Statistics, M.Sc in Computer Science (University of Mumbai) and an MBA from the Cyprus International Institute of Management. I have completed levels I and II of the CFA course. Blogging is a part-time vocation. I am also the author of four books, Those Glory Days: Cricket World Cup 2011, IPL Vignettes, Poems: An Anthology, and It’s a Petting Sport—all available on Amazon Worldwide.

One response to “Jane Smiley: Being married is…”

  1. John avatar
    John

    Reblogged this on On Love (and Other Difficulties) and commented:
    Brilliant!

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