Edith Wharton quote: If you're as detached as that, why does the obsolete institution of marriage survive with you?"Oh, it still has its ...

If you're as detached as that, why does the obsolete institution of marriage survive with you?"Oh, it still has its uses. One couldn't be divorced without it.

~ Edith Wharton ~

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