#marriage

He had never thought the question over clearly, but vaguely imagined that his wife had long suspected him of being unfaithful to her and was looking the other way. It even seemed to him that she, a worn-out, aged, no longer beautiful woman, not remarkable for anything, simple, merely a kind mother of a family, ought in all fairness to be indulgent. It turned out to be quite the opposite. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#marriage #age

Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#certainly #civil #civil rights #create #deep

It wasn't a good idea to work on 'Naked' in the first months of a marriage. I was living apart from my wife in a flat overflowing with books I was reading for the part. ↗

— David Thewlis

#books #first #flat #good #good idea

I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment. ↗

— George Osborne

#believe #commitment #conservatives #gay #gay marriage

I believe in the institution of marriage. Of course being a Mormon, we believe in eternity rather than just till death do us part. If you really try hard, if you make it work, it's blissful. But I also know a marriage that isn't working can be painful. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#being #believe #course #death #eternity

After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when we agree, we do what I want! ↗

— Jacques Pepin

#agree #argument #i #marriage #she

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#courtship #dream #wake #wedlock

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#character #difficulty #fall #live #love

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#clearest #explanation #failure #female #incompatible

I don't think young men or women should feel pressured into marriage. You shouldn't marry anyone, in my opinion, who you have to try hard for. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#feel #hard #i #in my opinion #into