To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.
-G. K. Chesterton
Quotations
Marriage
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
-Benjamin Franklin
You'll be happy if you'll remember that men don't change much. Women do. Women adapt themselves, and if you think that means they lose their individuality, you're wrong. Show me a happy marriage and I'll show you a clever woman.
-Elizabeth Cadell
Catholics don't believe in divorce. We do believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all.
-Diana Gabaldon
"An Echo in the Bone"
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"
A woman is not property and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.
-Robert A. Heinlein
If you both care for each other more than you care for yourself, your marriage will endure all.
-Lisa Tawn Bergren
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
-André Maurois
Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the first chapter.
-Anonymous
What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.
-Gary D. Chapman
"The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate"
