John Burnside - I don't want to suggest that matrimony was necessarily a tragic affair - some of...

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I don't want to suggest that matrimony was necessarily a tragic affair - some of our neighbours' marriages seemed quite functional, if somewhat routine; nevertheless, in the workaday world, it is wedlock that is most likely to offer the occasion for life-threatening disappointment.

John Burnside

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich möchte nicht darauf hinweisen, dass die Ehe notwendigerweise eine tragische Angelegenheit ist - einige Ehen unserer Nachbarn schienen recht zweckmäßig, wenn auch etwas routinemäßig; In der Alltagswelt ist es jedoch die Ehe, die am ehesten Anlass für lebensbedrohliche Enttäuschung bietet.

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