because it's worth saying in a public forum

[rm]

From a more private communication to someone else:

I may seem like the sort who doesn't believe in marriage. I often express things to that effect, because it's safer. But I wouldn't admire the people I do if I didn't, and wouldn't ache for the collaborative union of Art. But the purpose of marriage, no matter how veiled to me, and all great prose aside, is not personal redemption.