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You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.

Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.442, A&C Black
You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words.