Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get married under the age of 25 get divorced, it's that 15% of them stay together. How did they manage to pull that off? You almost can't wait too long. It's the single simplest measure to predict divorce.

What I think is amazing is not that 85% of people who get ma

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This quote highlights the surprising fact that a majority of individuals who marry before the age of 25 end up getting divorced. Instead of focusing on this high divorce rate, the quote marvels at the 15% who manage to maintain a lasting marriage despite marrying at a young age. The quote suggests that marrying at a younger age increases the likelihood of divorce and implies that waiting longer before marriage is the simplest way to predict and potentially prevent divorce.

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