Marriage
Quotes - You are delicious
“Why
does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she
married?”
―
Barbra Streisand
“After
all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is
better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.”
―
Mark Twain, The Diaries of Adam & Eve: Translated by Mark Twain
“Let’s
start with this statistic: You are delicious. Be brave, my sweet. I know you
can get lonely. I know you can crave companionship and sex and love so badly
that it physically hurts. But I truly believe that the only way you can find
out that there’s something better out there is to first believe there’s
something better out there. What other choice is there?”
―
Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You
“He
could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying
persistance. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior
bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog."
"I'm
only a kid!" I shrieked. "I can't get married!"
"You
could in New Hampshire."
My
mouth dropped open. How does she know this stuff? "Forget it! No one's
getting married!" I hissed. "Not in New Hampshire or anywhere else!
Not in a box, not with a fox! Now go to sleep, before I kill you!”
―
James Patterson, Max
“To
be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved
is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot
like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us
from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for
any difficulty life can throw at us.”
―
Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment
with the Wisdom of God
“When
you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part
of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you
fight for it?”
―
Shannon L. Alder
“Some
people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it.
Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.”
―
Groucho Marx
“You
can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each
partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry
words.”
―
Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
“It
takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God
people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have
nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without
a central loyalty life is unfinished.”
―
Fulton J. Sheen, Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary
“An
archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the
more interested he is in her.”
―
Agatha Christie
“I
am your Prince and you will marry me," Humperdinck said.
Buttercup
whispered, "I am your servant and I refuse."
"I
am you Prince and you cannot refuse."
"I
am your loyal servant and I just did."
"Refusal
means death."
"Kill
me then.”
―
William Goldman, The Princess Bride
“I
feel good with my husband: I like his warmth and his bigness and his
being-there and his making and his jokes and stories and what he reads and how
he likes fishing and walks and pigs and foxes and little animals and is honest
and not vain or fame-crazy and how he shows his gladness for what I cook him
and joy for when I make him something, a poem or a cake, and how he is troubled
when I am unhappy and wants to do anything so I can fight out my soul-battles
and grow up with courage and a philosophical ease. I love his good smell and
his body that fits with mine as if they were made in the same body-shop to do
just that. What is only pieces, doled out here and there to this boy and that
boy, that made me like pieces of them, is all jammed together in my husband. So
I don't want to look around any more: I don't need to look around for
anything.”
―
Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Do
you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a
little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the
wrong house, that's what it means.”
―
Henny Youngman
“Oh,
Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.”
―
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“One
should always be in love. That's the reason one should never marry.”
―
Oscar Wilde
“I
think we ought to live happily ever after," and she thought he meant it.
Sophie knew that living happily ever after with Howl would be a good deal more
hair-raising than any storybook made it sound, though she was determined to
try. "It should be hair-raising," added Howl.
"And
you'll exploit me," Sophie said.
"And
then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.”
―
Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle
“Love's
about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a
better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes
of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best
person you've ever known.”
―
Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me
“Rejection
is an opportunity for your selection.”
―
Bernard Branson
“Men
marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are
disappointed.”
―
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Nice
people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.”
―
Jonathan Franzen, Freedom
“No
long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so
angry or so hurt that I thought my love would never recover. And then, in the
midst of near despair, something has happened beneath the surface. A bright
little flashing fish of hope has flicked silver fins and the water is bright
and suddenly I am returned to a state of love again — till next time. I've
learned that there will always be a next time, and that I will submerge in
darkness and misery, but that I won't stay submerged. And each time something
has been learned under the waters; something has been gained; and a new kind of
love has grown. The best I can ask for is that this love, which has been built
on countless failures, will continue to grow. I can say no more than that this
is mystery, and gift, and that somehow or other, through grace, our failures
can be redeemed and blessed.”
―
Madeleine L'Engle
“Men
don't settle down because of the right woman. They settle down because they are
finally ready for it. Whatever woman they're dating when they get ready is the
one they settle down with, not necessarily the best one or the prettiest, just
the one who happened to be on hand when the time got to be right. Unromantic,
but still true.”
―
Laurell K. Hamilton, A Kiss of Shadows
“I
love you more than I hate everything else.”
―
Rainbow Rowell, Landline
