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
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
-André Maurois
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
-Mae West
"The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said"
How can two people love each other, create children together, cohabitation, build a life together, and then end up hating each other in the end.
-Zane
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right.
-Oscar Wilde
"The Importance of Being Earnest"
The true love is unconditional.
Marriage is a conditional bond.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
