There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
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"
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
-Benjamin Franklin
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
Marriage was not the combination of two entities into one; it was instead the creation of a third entity whose sole purpose was to soothe and inspire the two individuals.
-Christian Cantrell
A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
In marriage, everyday you love and everyday you forgive. It is an ongoing sacrament, love and forgiveness.
-Bill Moyers
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
