My mother is convinced that yellow is a happy color and that a happy girl would get a husband.-Penelope Featherington

When a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion whom he wants, and not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint, and play, and sing, and draw, and...

But just now, he’d gotten on his knees and proposed marriage, like in a television commercial for a diamond ring. Except of course they had the roll of duct tape instead, which, when you came...

One should always be in love. That’s the reason one should never marry.

Some wo/men are so possessive … you end up missing missing them.

He had never thought in his wildest imagination of marriage as an option forhim. Never believed there was a woman out there that would make him sign up for that particular brand of madness. And,...

I was steeped in denial, but my body knew.

Together we agree that there are few tableaus more pathetic than a woman poring over a plethora of self-help books, while in a small café across town her husband is sharing a bottle of Pouilly-Fuissé...

This is much worse than losing a cat. You do not wish the cat dead, for example, after the first two days. You still love the cat and presumably the cat still loves you, or...

Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it.

I know you won’t miss me, I know you won’t even bother to ask how i am without you? But still my heart will always call for you, my mind will always think of you...

You’ll repent if you marry, and repent if you don’t.

This terrible thing that happened in my life was such a shock because I never saw any signs of violence or abuse in their marriage,

[L]asting love is something a person has to decide to experience. Lifelong monogamous devotion is just not natural—not for women even, and emphatically not for men. It requires what, for lack of a better term,...

I must court her now,’ said the Prince. ‘Leave us alone for a minute.’ He rode the white expertly down the hill.Buttercup had never seen such a giant beast. Or such a rider.’I am your...

Let Love Move You…If you can’t stop thinking of her, it’s because her essence has left an imprint on your heart… on your soul…Don’t be afraid of this feeling; be nourished by it…Let it stir...

For in marriage a little licence, a little independence there mustbe between people living together day in day out in the same house; which Richard gave her, and shehim.

Marrok, in allthese years, you’ve grown to be like a grandson to me. I believe you can do this. Have faith in yourwolf, son. Where you’re weak, he’s strong. It’s his mate, too, and I...

If I have to ‘catch’ a man to get a husband, I don’t want one.

You can’t. There’s not just one person in the world who’s your type. There’s a whole group with the same likes and dislikes. But you want to spend your whole life looking for all of...

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

You know, for a while there we kept horses for the boys, and we had a mare that had broken down. Couldn’t ride it… You could feed it and brush it and water it and...

n order to capture someone’s attention, you must allow them to have the mental and emotional space to let you in.

For the hundreds of thousands of Californians in gay and lesbian households who are managing their day-to-day lives, this decision affirms the full legal protections and safeguards I believe everyone deserves.

The husband is the head of the wife just in so far as he is to her what Christ is to the Church – read on – and give his life for her (Eph. V,...

I consider marriage a very important institution, but it is important when and if two people have found the person with whom they wish to spend the rest of their lives—a question of which no...

A good marriage is where both people feel like they’re getting the better end of the deal.

You become a man when you marry not just for love but to be a partner with your wife. To be the best man you can be with her, and when you fall short, to...

Being married definitely took work. When we fought, I felt like I wanted to float away and drown, whereas before I knew I could walk away without any strings attached.

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he’s not the man she married?

An excellent mother knows she has the beautiful life, and she is a big time programmer.

He held up his index finger. “Rule one: in any dispute between mates, themale is always to blame, even when he is clearly blameless. Rule two”—his middle finger joined thefirst—”whenever in doubt, refer to rule...

In the past, when gays were very flamboyant as drag queens or as leather queens or whatever, that just amused people. And most of the people that come and watch the gay Halloween parade, where...

No terms, no conditions, no promises, no commitment, and no institution—but only another example of what happens when law and politics attempt to regulate a religious institution.

The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for...

A fine young man and a fine young felly he always was, except that in the old days, before you began coming in here, Mr. Witherwax, he maybe had too much money and spent too...

John dear!” said I in the gentlest voice, “the key is down by the front steps, under a plantain leaf!”That silenced him for a few moments.Then he said—very quietly indeed, “Open the door, my darling!””I...

When I get married, I’m gonna register at Bank of America.

People do not get married planning to divorce. Divorce is the result of a lack of preparation for marriage and the failure to learn the skills of working together as teammates in an intimate relationship.

Soul mates. They really call themselves that, which makes sense, because I guess they are … They have no harsh edges with each other, no spiny conflicts, they ride though life like conjoined jellyfish –...

Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.

They were stars on this stage, each playing to an audience of two.

Someday you’ll understand. You’ll have your own children, and they’ll mean more to you than the world. A wife has to defend her children, even against her own husband. Not that I expect you to...

A great marriage is not when the ‘perfect couple’ comes together. It is when an imperfect couple learns to enjoy their differences.

I think of how each person in a marriage owes it to the other to find individual happiness, even in a shared life. That this is the only way to grow together, instead of apart.

My wife and I will probably have lots of kids. Just not with each other.

How else to make a dent in an object as immovable as patriarchy itself…?

Between Barton and Delaford, there was that constant communication which strong family affection would naturally dictate;—and among the merits and the happiness of Elinor and Marianne, let it not be ranked as the least considerable,...

In a funny way, Dad was always a bow-tie wearer, always a little more traditional than you might imagine. Because even though he had blue hair and tattoos and wore leather jackets and worked in...

…And no prenup. Prenups are for people who plan on getting a divorce. I have so much, Bernie. But I’ve never had anyone to share it with. From now on, what’s mine is yours