An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie
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"
To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.
-G. K. Chesterton
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
-Sacha Guitry
A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.
-Nicholas Sparks
"True Believer"
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-Benjamin Franklin
From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.
-Baal Shem Tov
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"
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
