Quotes About Marriage

It is the extramarital love affair that destroys a marriage, not extramarital sex with a prostitute.

Telling a lie is a fault for a little boy, an art for a lover, an accomplishment for a bachelor and a matter of survival for a married man.

He had thought providing for his wife was the greatest expression of devotion. Somehow it hadn't sufficed. How could I have loved her more? I never touched another woman. His sorrow was this: There was something she had needed, something she had tried to call forth from within him, that he did not possess.

But I would make it through "Death Valley." Lee, Thurston, and I, and then just the two of us, stood there. My about-to-be-ex husband and I faced that mass of bobbing wet Brazilians, our voices together spell-checking the old words, and for me it was a staccato soundtrack of surreal raw energy and anger and pain: Hit it. Hit it. Hit it. I don't think I had ever felt so alone in my whole life.

Marriage is a long conversation, someone once said, and maybe so is a rock band's life. A few minutes later, both were done.

My decision to end my marriage was such a risk to lose ratings and lose my fan base. I had to take that risk for my inner peace and to be happy with myself.

W ere you aware,' began Lord Ruthven, 'that there are people in these isles whose sole objection to the marriage of our dear Queen – Victoria Regina, Empress of India, et cetera – to Vlad Dracula – known as Tepes, quondam Prince of Wallachia – is that the happy bridegroom happened once to be, in a fashion I shan't pretend to understand, a Roman Catholic?

You be 'memberin' what the Good Book says 'bout how we is to love. Seems to me there be a verse 'bout a man lovin' his woman the way Jesus loves the church. Would Jesus be a-hollerin' right now or would He be tender?

Mr. Patterson, a hired helper is much less costly than a wife. That is, if you truly love your wife and wish to please her. You needn't house and clothe and shower gifts upon an employee, but these are the things you'll be expected to do for a wife. Additionally, a man should seek companionship, compassion, and love above a clean house and mended socks. Life can be a dreary journey, but a warm, loving companion brightens the path.

A wife is a gift, Athol. Heaven's best gift, my pa always said. If you can't appreciate the gift, maybe you shouldn't ask for it.

Summer Steadman," came his voice of distant thunder, so tender Summer's heart ached with the beauty of the moment, "the God we serve has brought us together. He has opened my heart to loving you with a love that endures. You would do me much honor if you would agree to become my wife." Warm tears ran down Summer's cheeks. She could not find her voice, but she gave an eager nod and allowed her smile to speak for her.

My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.

about how much she wanted to be married: all three of them thought her standards were set way too high and that, on far too many occasions, she had overlooked some of the kindest, caring, and most respectable men around. Men who had been very interested in Serena, yet Serena had still either turned them down the very

But then just under one year ago—on their sixteenth wedding anniversary, no less—Julian had arrived home, strolled into their first-floor master bedroom suite, just as nonchalant as he pleased, and announced that he was leaving her for another woman.

Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.

If you haven't seen your wife smile at a traffic cop, you haven't seen her smile her prettiest.

Women seem to be all right on bargains till it comes to picking out a husband.

One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.

Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her.

Who does not tremble when he considers how to deal with his wife For not only is he bound to love her but so to live with her that he may return her to God pure and without stain when God who gave shall demand His own again.

I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.

Are you sure the two of you aren't married? (Bavel) Why do you ask? (Ewan) You can barely stand to speak to each other, and yet when the lady walks off you look as if you can already taste her. Smacks of marriage to me. (Bavel)

Henry requests Sin marry Caledonia) I would sooner geld myself. Drunk. With a dull knife. (Sin)

Marriage. 'Tis an unholy union between two people, and for what purpose? To make them both miserable. (Stryder) I don't believe is has to be that way. Imagine a marriage where the man and woman respect each other. Where they are partners and allies. (Rowena) You are sober and speak more foolishness than I do while drunk. (Stryder)