#marriage

And now, while he didn't particularly think any of these stories was a bit truer, he did realize that he didn't really know his wife at all; and that in fact the entire conception of knowing another person--of trust, of closeness, of marriage itself--while not exactly a lie since it existed someplace if only as an idea (in his parents' life, at least marginally) was still completely out-of-date, defunct, was something typifying another era, now unfortunately gone. Meeting a girl, falling in love, marrying her, moving to Connecticut, buying a fucking house, starting a life with her and thinking you really knew anything about her--the last part was a complete fiction, which made all the rest a joke. ↗

— Richard Ford

#marriage #dating

My father was very big on marriage. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#father #marriage #very

I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money. ↗

— Ruth Rendell

#am #been #catch #had #i

Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world. ↗

— Erica Jong

#love #loyalty #marriage #friendship

Then, you must fall each into your proper place. You'll do your business, and she, if she's worthy of you, will do hers; but it's your business to please yourself, and hers to please you. ↗

— Anne Brontë

#business

First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

#first #first love #love #love is #marriage

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds often jump to marriage long before they jump to love. And most of those minds are shut to what marriage really means. ↗

— Dodie Smith

#before #jump #long #love #marriage

Be the man she can depend on, not the man that constantly lets her down. ↗

— Stephan Labossiere

#dependence #love #marriage #relationship-advice #relationships

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#first #happened #i #marriage #rebound

Honor your relationships by developing listening skills. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#marriage #parenting #relationships #art