The Silly Putty-like malleability of the institution [marriage], in fact, is the only reason we still have the thing at all. Very few people... would accept marriage on it's thirteenth-century terms. Marriage survives, in other words, precisely because it evolves. (Though I suppose this would not be a very persuasive argument to those who probably also don't believe in evolution).
![The Silly Putty-like malleability of the institution [marriage], in fact, is the only reason we still have the thing at all. Very few people... would accept marriage on it's thirteenth-century terms. Marriage survives,](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/elizabeth-gilbert/the-silly-putty-like-malleability-of-the-institution-marriage-in-fact-is-the-only-reason-we-still-have-the-thing.jpg)