Theodore Dreiser in "The Lost Phoebe" wrote:

Old Henry...and his wife Phoebe were a loving couple. You perhaps know how it is with simple natures that fasten themselves like lichens on the stones of circumstance and weather their days to a crumbling conclusion. The great world sounds widely, but it has no call for them...

Old Henry and his wife Phoebe were as fond of each other as it is possible for two old people who have nothing else in this life to be fond of...

Old Henry, who knew his wife would never leave him in any circumstance, used to speculate at times as to what he would do if she were to die. That was the one leaving that he
really feared...






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In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen wrote:

"An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do."

(father talking to daughter)


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Peter Williams & Roger Warwick, Editors of Gray's Anatomy in its 35th edition preface wrote:

"It is customary to eulogize the patience of wives- faint praise which is scarcely galante. Far from tolerating our preoccupation, our wives have supported us unfailingly with true and critical interest and sympathy in our labours."



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