Mark Twain: “A marriage makes of two fractional lives a whole”

roman mikhail
Sep 8, 2018 · 1 min read

A marriage makes of two fractional lives a whole;

It gives two purposeless lives a work,

And doubles the strength of each to perform it.

It gives to two questioning natures a reason for living

And something to live for.

It will give new gladness to the sunshine,

A new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth

And a new mystery to life.

– Mark Twain

Note: Twain wrote this letter to his wife a few months before they married.


Originally published at historicalsnaps.com on September 8, 2018.

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