A good marriage is where both people feel like they're getting the better end of the deal.
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
Quotations
Marriage
-Anne Lamott "Joe Jones"
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Catholics don't believe in divorce. We do believe in murder. There's always Confession, after all.
-Diana Gabaldon
"An Echo in the Bone"
Two people can only live as one when each is prepared to give and receive trust and understanding. Above that lies respect. Without respect for how the other feels, no marriage is worthwhile.
-Helen Hollick
"The Kingmaking"
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
-George Bernard Shaw
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
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
It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession.
-Thomas Hardy
"Far from the Madding Crowd"
