A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
-André Maurois
Quotations
Marriage
I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
-Mahatma Gandhi
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Marriage is more about work than about divine luck, more about finding someone to love than about finding someone to meet your own laundry list of personal needs.
-Mark Gorman
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Scarlet Letter"
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"
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
-Michel De Montaigne
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate but through being the right mate.
-Barnett R. Brickner
