Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.
People were still cramming down the stairs, and more were squeezing past the turnstiles and down the escalators onto the platforms, but it was clear to me that this wasn't going to have a happy ending.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?