Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Love Is Not All
As Edna St. Vincent Millay said, love is not all. Only the most important thing.
how adversity can strengthen a marriage
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When Do Two Become One?
I’ve been reading an amazing book this week. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Strout is a beautiful writer, so skilful with words and images. Her work puts me in mind of Alice Munro, and of another Canadian writer, David Adams …
Anita Brookner
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On Her Own: Spinsters and Women Who Write about Them
Apparently Greta Garbo never actually said, “I want to be alone.” Except as a line in the movie Grand Hotel. But she was. At least alone in the way that society defines women who don’t marry as being “alone.” I’ve …