You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words. (Elizabeth Gilbert)

You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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