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
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others; he makes others jealous of his woman.
-Steve Maraboli
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
-Benjamin Franklin
If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain and instead seeing a person's soul.
-Shannon L. Alder
"300 Questions LDS Couples Should Ask Before marriage"
Never forget the nine most important words of any family:
I love you.
You are beautiful.
Please forgive me.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
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"
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
-Sacha Guitry
