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"
Quotations
Marriage
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
-Dave Meurer
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Catholics don't believe in divorce. We do believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all.
-Diana Gabaldon
"An Echo in the Bone"
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
-George Bernard Shaw
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
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"
The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.
-Nia Vardalos
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
