Honor, obey? Gisbourne shouted, grappling with John. This is what you call being a good wife?I stopped. I never said I'd be a good wife, Guy. Just that I'd marry you.

~ A.c. Gaughen

A.c. Gaughen Gisbourne Good Marriage Refusal Scarlet Wife Wifely Duty

My noble father,I do perceive here a divided duty.To you I am bound for life and education.My life and education both do learn meHow to respect you. You are the lord of my duty,I am hitherto your daughter. But here’s my husband,And so much duty as my mother showedTo you, preferring you before her father,So much I challenge that I may professDue to the Moor my lord.

~ William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Duty Love Loyalty Wifely Duty

Perhaps if I had made his life more difficult, he would have written less, or less freely. I cannot claim to be the midwife to genius, but if I have not facilitated,I have at least not, as many women might have done, prevented. This is a very small virtue to claim, a very negative achievement to hang my whole life on.

~ A.s. Byatt

A.s. Byatt Domestic Bliss Genius Wifely Duty

A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete

~ John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck Children S Literature Wife Wifely Duty

Always being there was the essential secret for a wife.

~ Elizabeth Von Arnim

Elizabeth Von Arnim Married Life Wife Wifely Duty