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“Being in a marriage and having children is the greatest pleasure, but it is certainly not the easiest pleasure. It is not like eating ice cream.”

Quote by Andrew Solomon

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Andrew Solomon is an American writer known for his broad themes and profound insights. His work spans a variety of fields, including history, culture, psychology, and literature. Solomon's writing often explores themes of identity, family, and human experience. more

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“I think what the Church should ideally do, and does appear to do in the context of straight relationships, is to support people in crossing from the easier pleasure of momentary carnal satisfaction, into the more difficult pleasure of love and family and relationship.”

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“I hope the Church will examine what is good and what is ill, and what good could be achieved by getting the suicidal, self-destructive, possibly carnal, or celibate to move toward this experience of love.”

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“I don't believe that there is anyone of faith whose faith would not be strengthened by those experiences of family.”

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“The strengthening of faith, I think, is the ultimate goal of organized religion altogether.”

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“I think a lot of the time people assume that their values are universal. And they don't understand which aspects of their values are actually universal and which aspects are very specific.”

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“I think an awful lot of the diplomatic problems that exist in the world come from people assuming that their society is the one with a purchase on truth.”

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“It's deeply humbling to realize that there is no such thing as a society with a purchase on truth.”

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“You always get told how important the premiere and doing the press is, but I have suspicions.”

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“In these xenophobic times, when politicians are stoking everyone's anxiety about threats from abroad, I would argue that engaging with the rest of the world is not only a luxury, in the way that travel is, but actually a moral responsibility.”

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“There is a tendency to dehumanize kids that commit crimes. The system is focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. These kids are the most misunderstood and most cruelly treated.”

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