There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
-Henry James
"The Portrait of a Lady"
Quotations
Marriage
Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.
-Douglas Wilson
Never forget the nine most important words of any family:
I love you.
You are beautiful.
Please forgive me.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.
-Hendrik Hertzberg
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
-Mae West
"The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said"
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"
A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her.
-George Bernard Shaw
There is a French saying; Love is the dawn of marriage and marriage is the sunset of love.
-De Finod
If you both care for each other more than you care for yourself, your marriage will endure all.
-Lisa Tawn Bergren
A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished.
-Zsa Zsa Gabor
