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She wanted to be herself again, to recover all that she had been obliged to give up in half a century of servitude that had doubtless made her happy but which, once her husband was dead, did not leave her even the vestiges of her identity. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#identity #marriage #women #love

Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#honest #pitied #ridiculed

If the marriage were valid, she'd be your sister-in-law. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#the-infernal-devices #will-herondale #william-herondale #marriage

I´ve blown it, the whole grisly charade. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage

Todo mal tienes dos remedios; el tiempo y el silencio. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#attitude

These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world. ↗

— Christiaan Rudolf de Wet

#before #branded #call #deal #down

As compromised as their marriage might be, part of her still believed in her vows. She loved the man he’d been, and she loved the man she knew he could be. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love

Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#dramatic #funny #life #same

I die a Queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpepper ↗

— Katherine "Kitty" Howard

#love #marriage #tudor #love

...You should make someone a wonderful husband." Even the tips of Jamie's ears were crimson now. But instead of retreating, he clenched his jaw and looked directly into her eyes. "I suppose I would," he said. "Are you interested? ↗

— Bruce Coville

#humor #lovers-quarrels #marriage #marriage