There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Quotations
Marriage
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
There is a French saying; Love is the dawn of marriage and marriage is the sunset of love.
-De Finod
Some marriages are made in heaven, but they all have to be maintained on earth.
-Debbie Macomber
"Mrs. Miracle"
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
-George Bernard Shaw
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
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"
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: Routine.
-Honoré De Balzac
If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.
-George Bernard Shaw
