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

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

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A quote by John Updike about infidelity: “The first breath of adultery is the freest; after it, constraints…”

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