Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
-Benjamin Franklin
Quotations
Marriage
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"
The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
-Oscar Wilde
Find a woman who makes you feel more alive. She won't make life perfect but she'll make it infinitely more interesting. And then love her with all that's in you.
-Gayle G. Roper
"Shadows on the Sand: A Seaside Mystery"
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.
-Agatha Christie
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.
-Philippa Gregory
"The Other Queen"
Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
-Ambrose Bierce
Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.
-Erma Bombeck
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
-Sacha Guitry
