#mar

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

— Katherine "Kitty" Howard

#love #marriage #tudor #love

It's the eternal tragedy of being gay in Bombay," I lamented. "Never a place to yourself." With city rents so high, most sons lived with their parents until marriage - and usually well after as well. ↗

— Manil Suri

#marriage

...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

If everybody was so reverent of the institute of marriage, how did all the adultery get committed? ↗

— Zoë Heller

#marriage #marriage

. . . there was little to choose between Jews and Catholics. The Jews had holidays that turned up out of the blue and the Catholics had children in much the same way. ↗

— Alan Bennett

#humor #jewish #marriage #marriage

…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people. ↗

— Jane Austen

#marriage #marriage

Marriage is the producer of babies ↗

— Michael Ikechukwu john

#marriage

We lose more women to marriage than war, famine, and disease. ↗

— Smith Dodie

#marriage

Women who got married got screwed. ↗

— Kaya McLaren

#marriage #women #marriage

The price one pays for having a kind man at one’s elbow. ↗

— John Hersey

#marriage