By marrying to soon, many individuals sacrifice their chance to struggle through this purgatory of solitude and search toward a greater sense of self-confidence. They glance at the world outside the family and with hardly a second thought grasp anxiously for a partner. In marriage they seek a substitute for the security of the family of origin and an escape from aloneness. What they do not realize is that moving so quickly from one family to another, they make it easy to transfer to the new marriage all their difficult experiences in the family of origin.

Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.

The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.

Practice, the master of all things.

Make haste cautiously.

Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.

I'd always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.