"The life of a plural wife, she'd found, was a life lived under constant comparison, a life spent wondering. Sitting across from her sister-wives at Sunday dinner, the platters and serving dishes floating past like hovercraft, the questions were almost inescapable; Who of us is the most happy? Which of us is his one true love? Who does he desire the most?"

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Source : Brady Udall (2010). “The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel”, p.150, W. W. Norton & Company

Brady Udall

#Sunday Quotes #Past Quotes #Wife Quotes

“Rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. I have never been interested in money.”
“My advice, Be healthy, reach your own goals and don't be afraid to impersonate a SNL star.”
“The [film] business is run by men, and they're basically interested in their own species, and they're not so interested in women belonging to the human race.”
“Star Wars film is breaking all previous box office records. (Why might we want to revisit those characters, that narrative, those jokes and tropes again, in this way, right now? I wonder what it will turn out to reveal about the economics and politics of this moment.)”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You can give of your talent, you can give of your possessions, or you can give of yourself. For God's sake, give something.”

Source : Dennis Wholey, Cleveland Amory (1986). “Are you happy?: some answers to the most important question in your life”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
“Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.”
“I'm not going to make it a target, but it's something to aim for.”
“Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty.”

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