#mar

Great dislike to the Bible was shown by those who conversed with me about it, and several have remarked to me, at different times, that if it were not for that book, Catholics would never be led to renounce their own faith. ↗

— Maria Monk

#bible #book #catholics #different #different times

My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life. ↗

— Maria Monk

#before #both #canada #city #had

Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#entrance #free #market #nothing #which

The Bishop, as I have remarked, was not very dignified on all occasions, and sometimes acted in such a manner as would not have appeared well in public. ↗

— Maria Monk

#appeared #bishop #dignified #i #manner

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#after #before #girl #him #hold

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#between #blind #deaf #good #good marriage

Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#birds #cage #desperate #equally #get

I turned forty, and I'm finally going to get married and maybe have a kid. ↗