"Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate." ― Katherine Dunn Topic(s): Marriage More From Katherine Dunn "We’re also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course." "American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc." More In Marriage "You know for many elected officials they all started in the same place. You know marriage is between a man and a woman, but they understand that they are moving inevitably, catching up to the American public."― James McGreevey "Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer."― E. W. Howe "Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it."― Boris Pasternak