I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Quotations
Marriage
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
-Sacha Guitry
Catholics don't believe in divorce. We do believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all.
-Diana Gabaldon
"An Echo in the Bone"
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
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"
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.
-G. K. Chesterton
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
-Dave Meurer
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
-Gabriel García Márquez
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
