My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
Quotations
Marriage
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"
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"
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
-Michel De Montaigne
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
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
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
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
