My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
Quotations
Marriage
It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession.
-Thomas Hardy
"Far from the Madding Crowd"
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
In marriage, everyday you love and everyday you forgive. It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness.
-Bill Moyers
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.
-Helen Hollick
"The Kingmaking"
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
-André Maurois
The true love is unconditional.
Marriage is a conditional bond.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
