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"
Quotations
Marriage
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
-Socrates
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
-Rodney Dangerfield
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"
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
In marriage, each partner is to be an encourager rather than a critic; a forgiver rather than a collector of hurts; an enabler rather than a reformer.
-H. Norman Wright
