Catholics don't believe in divorce. We do believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all.
-Diana Gabaldon
"An Echo in the Bone"
Quotations
Marriage
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
-Mahatma Gandhi
The essential matrimonial facts: that to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back to where you begin.
-Jeffrey Eugenides
"Middlesex"
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie
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
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.
-J. Courtney Sullivan
"Commencement"
