There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Quotations
Marriage
It is most unwise for people in love to marry.
-George Bernard Shaw
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
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
Marriage was not the combination of two entities into one; it was instead the creation of a third entity whose sole purpose was to soothe and inspire the two individuals.
-Christian Cantrell
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
