The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints… — John Updike · Skopia

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The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints aping marriage develop.

Couples · 1968

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Updike, John. Couples. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968, ch. 5.

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