There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Quotations
Marriage
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
No marriage stays in the same pattern forever. It is both the best feature of marriage and the worst that it inevitably changes.
-Lisa Kleypas
"Love in the Afternoon"
When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.
-Warren Farrell
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"
From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.
-Baal Shem Tov
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
-Dave Meurer
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
