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To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone. This isn__ necessarily our fault as individuals. Society as a whole appears determined to render the single state as nettlesome and depressing as possible: once the freewheeling days of school and university are over, company and warmth become dispiritingly hard to find; social life starts to revolve oppressively around couples; there__ no one left to call or hang out with. It__ hardly surprising, then, if when we find someone halfway decent, we might cling.
Alain de Botton The Course of Love
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To a shameful extent, the charm of marriage boils down to how unpleasant it is to be alone. This isn__ necessarily our fault as individuals. Society as a whole appears determined to render the single state as nettlesome and depressing as possible: once the freewheeling days of school and university are over, company and warmth become dispiritingly hard to find; social life starts to revolve oppressively around couples; there__ no one left to call or hang out with. It__ hardly surprising, then, if when we find someone halfway decent, we might cling.

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