There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two people whose love for one another has grown through the years from the small acorn of passion into a great rooted tree.
-Vita Sackville-West
Quotations
Marriage
The desire to get married is a basic and primal instinct in women. It's followed by another basic and primal instinct: the desire to be single again.
-Nora Ephron
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.
-Groucho Marx
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.
-J. Courtney Sullivan
"Commencement"
There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
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"
