The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.
-Nia Vardalos
Quotations
Marriage
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.
-J. Courtney Sullivan
"Commencement"
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
-Homer
"The Odyssey"
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he COULD be wicked and WOULDN'T.
-L. M. Montgomery
"Anne of the Island"
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
If you both care for each other more than you care for yourself, your marriage will endure all.
-Lisa Tawn Bergren
