“It may well be that an analysis of figures would reveal a law - the duration of a marriage is inversely proportional to the cost of the wedding. Or, to put it another way, any union celebrated with personalized toasting flutes is doomed.” WayWellsMayLawFiguresCostUnionsAnalysisWeddingDoomedAnother WayDurationFlutesPersonalized Book:The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy Source: The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy
“Put any two people together and each will seek ways of feeling superior to the other. If a ship went down in the Pacific and a single sailor managed to swim to a desert island, would he be pleased to see, ten minutes later, another sailor emerging from the surf? Quite possibly - but only if the new arrival accepted that the first man was now a landed aristocrat while he himself was an illegal immigrant.” PeopleIfsMenWayFirstsTwoFeelingsTogetherMinutesTenAcceptedSuperiorsShipsDesertIslandsImmigrantsIllegalSwimEmergingSailorPacificArrivalsSurfIllegal ImmigrantsNew Arrivals Book:Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life Source: Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life
