Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
Quotations
Marriage
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.
-Ellen Key
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
What we do for each other before marriage is no indication of what we will do after marriage.
-Gary D. Chapman
"The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate"
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"
