“Now for a post chaise and a hot pursuitfor a last attack on this formidable castle of connubiality, or death in its trenches.”

“People are now aware that maintaining a marriage requires skill, and no longer believe stable connubiality depends merely on a marriage license and children.”

“As Ms. Passlof told The Times, for more than 40 years there had been three of them in the marriage — he, she and art — and by mutual agreement the demands of art often trumped those of connubiality.”