Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
Quotations
Marriage
When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.
-Philippa Gregory
"The Other Queen"
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
-Sacha Guitry
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
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
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
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
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
-Mae West
"The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said"
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
-Benjamin Franklin
