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Quotes About Husband

Mr. Pontellier had been a rather courteous husband so long as he met a certain tacit submissiveness in his wife. But her new and unexpected line of conduct completely bewildered him. It shocked him. Then her absolute disregard for her duties as a wife angered him. When Mr. Pontellier became rude, Edna grew insolent. She had resolved never to take another step backward.
~ Kate Chopin
Can it be, husband, you still fear the mist's fading, never mind the promise I made you?
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
For they found they became oddly uncomfortable whenever the topic was broached, and before long an understanding had grown between them, in the silent way understandings do between a husband and wife of many years, to avoid the subject as much as possible. I say "as much as possible," for there appeared at times to be a need—a compulsion, you might say—to which one or the other would have to yield.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
cardboard cutout of a husband, a man who cared for her not at all?
~ Ken Follett
Edmond la regarda sévèrement. Cette décision ne sera pas prise sur la base des liens familiaux, ma fille ! Le fait qu'Elfric soit ton époux ne fera pas mieux tenir le pont debout !
~ Ken Follett
A wife's prayers for her husband have a far greater effect on him than anyone else's, even his mother's. (Sorry, Mom.)
~ Stormie Omartian
Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near.
~ Helen Rowland
Yes, I was in love with my husband at first sight and still am. We have the most solid relationship.
~ Catherine Zeta-Jones
Tennis is like a wonderful, longstanding relationship with a husband. Golf is a tempestuous, lousy lover; it's totally unpredicatable, a constant surprise.
~ Dinah Shore
My husband. He keeps me grounded. If I were in the world on my own, it would all be much more seductive. But I'm in a relationship that has nothing to do with the film world.
~ Emily Watson
It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband.
~ Ismail Merchant
William Shakespeare
~ Husband, I come.
Such duty as the subject owes the prince,Even such a woman oweth to her husband.
~ William Shakespeare
No worse a husband than the best of men.
~ William Shakespeare
I could not endure a husband with a beard on his face: I had rather lie in the woollen.
~ William Shakespeare
She glanced across to where Tilly and her brand new husband were posing for photographs, Tilly fluttering a fan coquettishly in front of her face. 'Unfortunately I didn't realise there was a French Revolutionary theme.' 'The Marie-Antoinette thing?' said Dexter. 'Well at least we know there'll be cake.
~ David Nicholls
Glutton shoved her lump of a husband off her and scrambled to her feet. Next she shut off the ice-cream tap, which had still been splurging away. CLICK! "It's Ned," announced Ned, still hovering outside their van on his slocket. "Remember me?
~ David Walliams
Sir Cedric looked at me appraisingly. "I was quite right about you. You need a husband. Someone with a firm hand to keep you in line. You are far too forward and mannish." I inclined my head graciously. "How kind of you to notice. In that case, permit me to wish you as pleasant a journey as you deserve.
~ Deanna Raybourn
It would be," Stoker said quietly. "John could never keep two shillings together in his pocket. His wife wouldn't like that." The mention of the
~ Deanna Raybourn
My darling husband, my heart is your home.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
I've seen enough cowboys in my life to know I don't want one for a husband."...Victoria"Every good man I know is a cowboy."...ColtPromises Kept
~ Scarlett Dunn, Promises Kept
A jealous husband is an ugly thing.
~ Keith Ablow, Murder Suicide
Passara anos a duvidar se eu estava morto e a desejar que estivesse vivo, e o seu desejo vira-se recompensado. Agora, pelo contrário, segundo me parecia, não queria saber se eu permanecia na terra ou se saía disparado dela. Tinha sido em vida, aquando do meu regresso, que deixara de existir. Não se prescinde de um fantasma, pois nunca está cumprido; de um marido desnecessário, derrotado, ensimesmado e sombrio, sim.
~ Javier Marías
Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.
~ Jean de la Bruyere