“There is only one way to make money at writing, and that is to marry a publisher's daughter.”
Source: Down and out in Paris and London (1933), Ch. 4; a record of a remark by Orwell's fellow tramp Boris
“"Why did you marry me into this family, mother?" said Lipa.
"One has to be married, daughter. It was not us who ordained it."”
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Anton Chekhov
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In the Ravine
Source: In the Ravine (1900), Ch. 5, pp. 212
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