There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Quotations
Marriage
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"
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
-Sacha Guitry
Never forget the nine most important words of any family:
I love you.
You are beautiful.
Please forgive me.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
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 man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
