In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
Quotations
Marriage
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
-Oscar Wilde
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
How can two people love each other, create children together, cohabitation, build a life together, and then end up hating each other in the end.
-Zane
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate but through being the right mate.
-Barnett R. Brickner
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
-Milton Berle
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"
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
-André Maurois
When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
-Warren Farrell
