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"
Quotations
Marriage
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
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"
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
-George Bernard Shaw
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate but through being the right mate.
-Barnett R. Brickner
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
Remember that children, marriages and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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"
Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habit and then complain that he's not the man she married?
-Barbra Streisand
