It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Quotations
Marriage
If you both care for each other more than you care for yourself, your marriage will endure all.
-Lisa Tawn Bergren
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
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"
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-Benjamin Franklin
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.
-Henny Youngman
The true love is unconditional.
Marriage is a conditional bond.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
