...I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy... 

...are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity... 

...but to mature and transfigure us...

- Hermann Hesse -

...Trust gets you killed...

...Love gets you hurt...

...Being real gets you hated...

- Johnny Cash -

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Johnny Cash with his wife June outside Folsom Prison, 1968.

The man in black proposed over 30 times before she finally said yes.

* * * *

...Marriage should be traditional... 

...As it was in The Bible... 

...Between a man and a rib...

 - Ricky Gervais -

...Sometimes I am two people... 

...Johnny is the nice one... 

...Cash causes all the trouble... 

...They fight...

- Johnny Cash -