"To believe that one, or even three, mates can supply all the things one needs from one's friends is as stupid as believing married couples must do everything together."

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Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family.

— Elizabeth Gilbert