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In a successful marriage, there is no such thing as one's way. There is only the way of both, only the bumpy, dusty, difficult, but always mutual path.

Phyllis McGinley

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Phyllis McGinley
Age: 72 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 21
Died: 1978
Died: February 22
Author
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Ontario
Oregon
Phyllis McGinley
Always
Dusty
Mutual
Marriage
Path
Successful
Difficult
Thing
Way
Bumpy

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