“The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy of companionship.”

—  Elizabeth Gilbert , book Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

Source: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

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