Faith is one of only two things in mankind's consciousness that defies discussion. The other is one's marriage.
You can die trying to get along with a disagreeable man,_ she said, and I put a star beside it when I wrote it down and then taped it to the rear-view mirror for the rest of the drive. She hadn__ said __busive,_ I noticed; she had said that just disagreeable could kill you.
Blue Jelly: Love Lost & the Lessons of Canning
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You can die trying to get along with a disagreeable man,_ she said, and I put a star beside it when I wrote it down and then taped it to the rear-view mirror for the rest of the drive. She hadn__ said __busive,_ I noticed; she had said that just disagreeable could kill you.
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