It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession.
-Thomas Hardy
"Far from the Madding Crowd"
Quotations
Marriage
It is not your love that sustains the marriage,
but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Letters and Papers from Prison"
I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
-Mahatma Gandhi
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
A woman is not property and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.
-Robert A. Heinlein
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
A great marriage is not when the 'perfect couple' comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.
-Dave Meurer
I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
-Rita Rudner
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"
