Quotes About Partners

Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

That's one of the things about being married to a couple of musicians, I have got great iPods. That's what I was left with -- an iPod each.

Many partners, who are constantly blamed and confused by verbal abuse, are surprised to realize that they have never said, nor would they think of saying, what is frequently said to them.

Interestingly, abusers who trivialize their partners often brag about them to others as they would brag about a possession.

It was like we were doing one of those elaborate Modegan court dances, where the partners stand scant inches apart, but—if they are skilled—never touch.

Some people believe they have moral choices other than to love their partners no matter what; others believe that they deserve love, no matter how they behave. I say that both are wrong.

Those who understand such things say that the two partners must always assist each other if a relationship is truly to founder and turn into flotsam.