Marriage Quotes

I wondered straightaway how he could sit at peace there, of an evening, with the row of heads staring down at him. There were no pictures, no flowers: only the heads of chamois. The concession to melody was the radiogram and the stack of records of classical music.Foolishly, I had asked, Why only chamois?He answered at once, They fear Man.This might have led to an argument about animals in general, domestic, wild, and those which adapt themselves to the whims and vagaries of the human race; but instead he changed the subject abruptly, put on a Sibelius record, and presently made love to me, intently but without emotion. I was surprised but pleased. I thought, We are suited to one another. There will be no demands. Each of us will be self-contained and not beholden to the other.All this came true, but something was amiss. There was a flaw - not only the nonappearance of children, but a division of the spirit. The communion of flesh which brought us together was in reality a chasm, and I despised the bridge we made. Perhaps he did as well. I had been endeavouring for ten years to build for my self a ledge of safety. (The Chamois)

~ Daphne Du Maurier

Marriage is more about snore strips and flannel nightgowns than candlelight dinners.

~ Barbara Bartlein

This does not escape my notice, it is a context. I resent the fact of a context; my social status has shifted and no one is going to acknowldege it, that´s certain. I´m expected to be Brave and Rise Above. I dress for the role; I must look far better now that I did when I was married. I must look pulled together into a nice tight Hermès knot of self-containment. I don´t make the rules; I just do my best to follow them.

~ Suzanne Finnamore

There is that, and there is also the Irreconcilable Differences line. It seems so catchall, so vague. You could say that about anyone, any man and woman at all. Jesus and Mary Magdalene: Irreconcilable Differences. JFK and Jackie, anyone at all. It´s built into the man-woman thing. What kind of paltry reason is that? Insanity is another box to be checked on the divorce petition, the only alternative to Irreconcilable Differences. I would like to check it.

~ Suzanne Finnamore

To keep myself from harming or calling N and to stave off the rage and despair, I focus on my extraordinary son, drink midrange Chardonnay every night after he is asleep, and make a barrage of late-night mail-order retail purchases placed from the couch. The couch has officially become my second battle station. I am angry and I have credit And I´m all blackened inside; I should wear a pointy witch hat around Larkspur as I go to the bank and drop A off at day care. It would be more honest.

~ Suzanne Finnamore

Be careful with those promises who whisper while wooing and loving someone. There are those that take them to heart, and some who take them to soul.

~ Alfa H

We each can foster loving and kind relationships through meditation and repeating mantras.

~ Eknath Easwaren

I tend to interpret that whole 'everyone's wife is a Mossad agent' thing in a more sort of metaphorical way--that people you're intimate with might be, like, 'double agents,' y'know? It's a weird kind of paranoia you get about people you love--that they might turn out to be completely different from who you think they are, that it's all been some sort of diabolically patient plot against you. I think that's a pretty normal fear you have in any serious relationship. And that's why it's such a popular part of the epic, because so many people can relate to that fear. But personally, I don't really worry about it too much.

~ Mark Leyner

I will stand beside you through all of this,' she said when she could finally speak. “And welcome you home with gladness when it’s over, and you return triumphant.

~ Grace Draven

I thought I had lowered my standards pretty much, when I decided that any woman would be good for me as long as she respects me. It didn't took me long to realize that would never happen. I was being naive about the real state of the world. It's not that one shouldn't have low standards, or high, or medium, but that most people are such a disgusting representation of themselves, that they can't stop themselves being like this until they die. And maybe they do appreciate what they had when they lose it, but they quickly forget about it when getting it back. Forgiving people that apologize too often has been another naive behavior of mine.

~ Robin Sacredfire

It is unwise to think that marriage will bring an end to your emotional problems.

~ Ugochi Oritsejolomisan

When you find your twin flame you also find your freedom, for there is nothing more exhilarating, wild and free than absolute soul love.

~ Melody Lee

LoveHas a way of wiltingOr blossomingAt the strangest,Most unpredictable hour.This is how love is,An uncontrollable beastIn the form of a flower.

~ Suzy Kassem

Authentic love is deciding to live on a one-way street where all the arrows point down the street and not a single one of them point back up to where I’m standing.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

He smiled as he imagined the composite Jamie/Isabel, who would play the bassoon, read philosophy, interfere in other people's affairs rather too much, drive a green Swedish car and make legendary potatoes Dauphinoise.

~ Alexander Mccall Smith

The ending of your story all depends on the beginning of ours.

~ Piper Payne

I don't know how Jen and I became strangers in our own marriage, how we let something that should have brought us closer derail us like a couple of amateurs. We were two reasonably smart people in love with each other, and then, one day we were less so, and maybe we were headed here anyway, maybe she just got there first, because she felt the loss of our baby more acutely. For a moment, a feeling circles me, something approaching clarity, maybe even acceptance, but it fails to settle and ultimately dissipates.

~ Tropper Jonathan

It takes a great woman to respect the little man in her child, and the little child in her man.

~ Amit Howard

The motive for marriage must be eternal not just temporal.

~ Ugochi Oritsejolomisan

Each day we kill a compulsive love with our impulsive actions.

~ Amit Howard

Her silence should be feared more than her words.

~ Piper Payne

You see why I married her, Mycroft? The exquisite juxtaposition of ladylike threads and backhanded compliments proved irresistible.

~ Laurie R. King

He would smile at her and welcome her home.

~ Anthony Jay Cleveland

A man is biologically incapable of giving ‘the look’.

~ Fennel Hudson

Because I had to sell it and lost a shit-ton of money the moment I realized you were going to be my neighbor if I stayed in my current place. Real talk, Rosie, you are all I ever wanted. Even when you wanted me to be with your sister. She was a comforting candle. You were the dazzling sun. I’d lived in the dark—for your selfish ass. And if you think I’m going to settle for something, you’re dead wrong. I am taking everything. We will have kids, Rose LeBlanc. We will have a wedding. And we will have joy and vacations and days where we just fuck and days where we just fight and days where we just live. Because this is life, Baby LeBlanc, and I love the fuck out of you, so I’m going to give you the best one there is. Got it?

~ L.j. Shen

Marriage is the beginning of love for your spouse, not the result of it.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When we enter into a relationship, we want to matter to our partner, to be visible and important....We want to know our efforts are noticed and appreciated. We want to know our relationship is regarded as important by our partner and will not be relegated to second or third place because of a competing person, task, or thing.

~ Stan Tatkin

You are theremedy of intensityi need in my life, tospin me out of themiserable monotonyof working on life'sdaily assemblylines.

~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

The sun still lives his silent vows to the moon, by bowing to kiss her feet whenever she walks in the room.

~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

Love starts when peace begins.

~ Alaric Hutchinson

Do you see how the sky holds the sun?In a powerful but effortless way that shows off her beauty and strength?That's how a King holds his Queen.

~ J.a. Anum

The relationship was perfect, but I hated everything about the person I became.

~ Darnell Lamont Walker

Ultimately, a woman’s nature loves the desire to be desired, a passionate and uncontrollable desire. Sometimes it comes with a sacrifice or greater investment than usual.

~ John Shelton Jones

You couldn't find a Jewish sheik?

~ Libby Fischer Hellmann

Love always doesn't come across as bad, but it always has two sides.

~ Auliq Ice

You can't compare men or women with mental disorders to the normal expectations of men and women in without mental orders. Your dealing with symptoms and until you understand that you will always try to find sane explanations among insane behaviors. You will always have unreachable standards and disappointments. If you want to survive in a marriage to someone that has a disorder you have to judge their actions from a place of realistic expectations in regards to that person's upbringing and diagnosis.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Dear lover, pull my ears and not my legs for it is better to be cautioned than to be lied to.

~ Temitayo Olami

It really is quite simple. All women really want is to be needed, valued and loved above anyone else and they will make you a keeper. It's your actions she is paying attention to, not your words.

~ Shannon L. Alder

If love was absent, you would not feel disappointed; you would feel indifferent.

~ Staci Bartley

Relationships take skill, not perfection or luck!

~ Staci Bartley