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"
Quotations
Marriage
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-Benjamin Franklin
When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.
-Philippa Gregory
"The Other Queen"
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate but through being the right mate.
-Barnett R. Brickner
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
-Mahatma Gandhi
The true love is unconditional.
Marriage is a conditional bond.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
