Marriage
Quotes - Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other
“When
love beckons to you follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when
his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions
may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may
shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love
crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for
your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest
branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake
them in their clinging to the earth......
But
if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, Then it
is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's
threshing-floor, Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all
of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but
itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love
possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. And
think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs
your course. Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself."
But
if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and
be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of
too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to
bleed willingly and joyfully.”
―
Kahlil Gibran, Le Prophète
“And
she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who
marries you will need.”
―
P.G. Wodehouse, Mostly Sally
“No
woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!”
― T
D Jakes
“The
trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then
marry him.”
―
Cher
“To
say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox.
People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art
of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.”
―
Criss Jami, Venus in Arms
“Love,
n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
―
Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Sometimes
I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next
door and just visit now and then.”
―
Katharine Hepburn
“People
always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s
personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of
another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is
this: Can you accept the flaws? Can you look at your partner’s faults honestly
and say, ‘I can work around that. I can make something out of it.’? Because the
good stuff is always going to be there, and it’s always going to pretty and
sparkly, but the crap underneath can ruin you.”
―
Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
“When
in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he
makes others jealous of his woman.”
―
Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human
Experience
“Ye
are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone,
I
give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.
I
give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.”
―
Diana Gabaldon, Outlander
“Heartbreak
is a loss. Divorce is a piece of paper.”
―
Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“An
unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a
stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do
not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
―
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Longed
for him. Got him. Shit.”
―
Margaret Atwood
“Dearest,
I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of
those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices,
and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You
have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all
that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier 'til
this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling
your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't
even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the
happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and
incredibly good. I want to say that – everybody knows it. If anybody could have
saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty
of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. I don't think
two people could have been happier than we have been. V.”
―
Virginia Woolf
“By
all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad
one, you’ll become a philosopher.”
―
Socrates
“Marriage
is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”
―
Mae West, The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said
“Every
woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride
and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“There
comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write
another book or simply close it.”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“Aim
high, but do not aim so high that you totally miss the target. What really
matters is that he will love you, that he will respect you, that he will honor
you, that he will be absolutely true to you, that he will give you the freedom
of expression and let you fly in the development of your own talents. He is not
going to be perfect, but if he is kind and thoughtful, if he knows how to work
and earn a living, if he is honest and full of faith, the chances are you will
not go wrong, that you will be immensely happy.”
―
Gordon B. Hinckley
“Here's
something else to think about: calling when you say you're going to is the very
first brick in the house you are building of love and trust. If he can't lay
this one stupid brick down, you ain't never gonna have a house baby, and it's
cold outside.”
―
Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to
Understanding Guys
