There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Quotations
Marriage
Catholics don't believe in divorce. We do believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all.
-Diana Gabaldon
"An Echo in the Bone"
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
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
Marriage isn't about Winning - It's about Lasting
-Mark Gorman
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
To complain that I could only be married once was like complaining that I had only been born once.
-G. K. Chesterton
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"
