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"Fran observed some time ago that one of the differences between us is that she is happy with whatever sights she sees on a trip, and I am disappointed with whatever I miss."

"We are back."

"As I begin to write still another piece that will eventually make up 'My Story,' a disturbing thought occurred to me: I began my life and I am ending my life in the company of two women who are surprisingly similar in many ways."

"Along with everyone else, I grew up in a home filled with furniture."

"When I was at City College I heard a story about a professor who required his students to show him their note books at the end of the semester."

"Perhaps a more appropriate title would be Money and Trouble; subtitled My Attitude About Money Has Been the Cause of Most of My Troubles with My Wives."
(Fragment, see also: "Money" [2012])

"Fran keeps telling me to 'talk to my children about money.'"
(See also: "Money and Misunderstanding" [2012])

"Dinner is supposed to be a lovely, relaxed, warm, pleasant, sociable time, when couples and families sit down together, enjoying each other’s company."

"Skimming a review in the New Yorker of Elizabeth Gilbert’s book 'Committed,' about her marriage, got me to thinking (again) about mine."

"It will soon be our 33rd wedding anniversary."