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"
Quotations
Marriage
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Scarlet Letter"
When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one.
-Helen Rowland
I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
The heart is like a woman and the head is like a man, and although man is the head of woman, woman is the heart of man, and she turns man's head because she turns his heart.
-Peter Kreeft
"Jesus-Shock"
Oh, Lizzy! Do anything rather than marry without affection.
-Jane Austen
"Pride and Prejudice"
The true love is unconditional.
Marriage is a conditional bond.
-Toba Beta
"My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut"
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
