Quote by Bharati Mukherjee

I had a 2-week courtship with a fellow student in the fiction workshop in Iowa and a 5-minute wedding in a lawyer's office above the coffee shop where we'd been having lunch that day. And so I sent a cable to my father saying, 'By the time you get this, Daddy, I'll already be Mrs. Blaise!'

I had a 2-week courtship with a fellow student in the fictio

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This quote highlights the speaker's impulsive decision to marry their fellow student within a short period of time. The quote mentions a brief courtship of two weeks, followed by a spontaneous wedding ceremony that takes place in a lawyer's office. The speaker's excitement and urgency are captured in the cable sent to their father, revealing their anticipation to embrace their new identity as Mrs. Blaise.

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