There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Marriage
There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.
-Groucho Marx
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do.
- Ivan Doig
The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.
-Gabriel García Márquez
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time.
-Anne Taylor Fleming
In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.
-Lucretia Mott
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
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"
