Quotes About Marriage

Philip II had entertained Maitland's overtures in the first place solely to counter a possible marriage to Charles IX

Mary had done her duty in marrying Francis and had showered him with signs of affection. But she had never loved him.

and perfectly capable of bearing children if only she chose to marry.

The wooing of those days was prompt and practical. There was no time for the gradual approaches of an idler and more conventional age. It is related of one Stout, one of the legendary Nimrods of Illinois, who was well and frequently married, that he had one unfailing formula of courtship. He always promised the ladies whose hearts he was besieging that they should live in the timber where they could pick up their own firewood.

I cannot remember whether this was my decision or her command. Maintaining such fogginess about free will is, I think, a secret to a lasting marriage.

Single people who don't get pets in their twenties have to do other things to pretend they are grown-ups, like get married.

You are sleeping and farting and snorting and flaking and puking in close proximity, and there is no way to hide all of these sounds and smells from your beloved. You see your partner unhinge their jaw to say the worst things, or shed their disgusting skin to become something new, and you have to accept and forgive these things. A marriage, like a python, is expensive.

The hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your wife that lying on the sofa is work.

when you're a young adult, the apparently infinite multiplicity of possible choices—possible jobs, possible friends, possible cities, possible girlfriends or boyfriends—can sometimes fool you into thinking you have an infinite amount of time to try out everything. But once you're married, you've significantly cut down the options, and it suddenly makes your life feel shorter—like now there's a direct line between you and your own death.

I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a Poem and to be given away by a Novel.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

Jealousy can wreck a marriage, try getting to know the postman.

I think people want to get married to end their emotional uncertainty. In a way, they want to end powerful feelings, or certainly the negative ones.

And when I say equality, I mean equality for everybody. Who are you telling who they can marry and who they can't? What is this? This is 2014.

It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!

The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law.

In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.

Jail is a good experience but it has its drawbacks ... all the disadvantages of married life with none of its compensations.

I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.

Marriage is no substitute for political experience.

People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.

Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch.

If and when you do decide to share your experience with your husband, it should be because you feel ready to do so, not for any other reason.

All of our sons and daughters ought to have the same opportunity to experience the joy and stability of marriage.