A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Quotations
Marriage
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
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"
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
-Oscar Wilde
I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he COULD be wicked and WOULDN'T.
-L. M. Montgomery
"Anne of the Island"
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
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"
