Quotes from Helen Rowland

Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.

Love, like a chicken salad a restaurant has, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her

In love, somehow, a man's heart is always either exceeding the speed limit, or getting parked in the wrong place

When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the last.

A marriage certificate is just another word for a work permit

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty

After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him.

In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice that still continues.

To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.