They married well because the marriage-place Was what they loved. It was neither heaven nor hell. They were love's characters come face to face. (Wallace Stevens)

They married well because the marriage-place Was what they loved. It was neither heaven nor hell. They were love's characters come face to face.

Wallace Stevens

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