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
Quotations
Marriage
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Scarlet Letter"
In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic; a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts; an enabler rather than a reformer.
-H. Norman Wright
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 more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands or commanding wives.
-Benjamin Franklin
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
-Rita Rudner
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
