Ann Patchett Quote
Standing waist deep in the swimming pool at Yaddo, I received a gift—it was the first decent piece of instruction about marriage I had ever been given in my twenty-five years of life. Does your husband make you a better person? Edra asked. There I was in that sky-blue pool beneath a bright blue sky, my fingers breaking apart the light on the water, and I had no idea what she was talking about. Are you smarter, kinder, more generous, more compassionate, a better writer? she said, running down her list. Does he make you better? That’s not the question, I said. It’s so much more complicated than that. It’s not more complicated than that, she said. That’s all there is: Does he make you better and do you make him better?
Standing waist deep in the swimming pool at Yaddo, I received a gift—it was the first decent piece of instruction about marriage I had ever been given in my twenty-five years of life. Does your husband make you a better person? Edra asked. There I was in that sky-blue pool beneath a bright blue sky, my fingers breaking apart the light on the water, and I had no idea what she was talking about. Are you smarter, kinder, more generous, more compassionate, a better writer? she said, running down her list. Does he make you better? That’s not the question, I said. It’s so much more complicated than that. It’s not more complicated than that, she said. That’s all there is: Does he make you better and do you make him better?
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