To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.
-G. K. Chesterton
Quotations
Marriage
The true love is unconditional.
Marriage is a conditional bond.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
-Michel De Montaigne
Some marriages are made in heaven, but they all have to be maintained on earth.
-Debbie Macomber
"Mrs. Miracle"
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
-Socrates
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
If you get bored with the person you married for love, there's something wrong with you - not with that person.
-Shahrukh Khan
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
