I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Quotations
Marriage
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"
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
-Benjamin Franklin
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
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
A woman is not property and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.
-J. Courtney Sullivan
"Commencement"
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
-Oscar Wilde
