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"
Quotations
Marriage
It is not your love that sustains the marriage,
but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Letters and Papers from Prison"
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others; he makes others jealous of his woman.
-Steve Maraboli
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-Benjamin Franklin
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
The desire to get married is a basic and primal instinct in women. It's followed by another basic and primal instinct: the desire to be single again.
-Nora Ephron
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"
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
-Rita Rudner
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
-Sacha Guitry
