Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Marriage
“It is the secret that a man and a woman keep from each other that makes them a couple”
— Max Frisch, book Gantenbein
Gantenbein (1964)
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Maxim 64 of the Maximes supprimées.
Later Additions to the Maxims
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"A Consolatory Tale"
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