My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
Quotations
Marriage
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
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
Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.
-Helen Hollick
"The Kingmaking"
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
-Honoré De Balzac
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
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"
