#marriage

A sacrament--like marriage--means living a life better than your natural instincts, so that you're modeling God. And God never gives up. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#god #marriage #life

Divorce is the second worst event in a person’s life. The worst event, of course, is marriage. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#event #horrible #life #marriage #painful

He tried to give his wife pleasure in little ways, because he had come to realize, after nearly two decades together, how often he disappointed her in the big things. It was never intentional. They simply had very different notions of what ought to take up most space in life. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#relationships #life

People are meant to go through life two by two. ’Tain’t natural to be lonesome. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#marriage #relationships #life

The most out-there thing I’m saying is, ‘Don’t have babies. Don’t get married and have kids. Have a larger life than that. ↗

— Roseanne Barr

#childfree #childless #children #life #marriage

A man approaching retirement called the retirement office to inquire about his pension. Afterward, he was asked if his wife worked. “She’s worked all her life making me happy”, he replied. “Yes sir, but has she earned money to receive her pension?” “When we got married we agreed on an arrangement”, he said. “I would earn the living, and she would make the living worthwhile”. “Make the living worthwhile”…have we forgotten the very essence of that? Have we forgotten to live for someone else, that doing so IS what makes a living worthwhile? ↗

— Kelly Crawford

#living #marriage #retirement #life

I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#marriage #partnership #life

In 1895 Lady Londonberry commented acidly on a bridegroom who had 'married the 10,000 a year as well as the lady. ↗

— Pamela Horn

#marriages-of-convenience #victoriana #victorians #life

Not like this. He wanted it to be real. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#haymitch #katniss #love #marriage #peeta

Love is a commitment that will be tested in the most vulnerable areas of spirituality, a commitment that will force you to make some very difficult choices. It is a commitment that demands that you deal with your lust, your greed, your pride, your power, your desire to control, your temper, your patience, and every area of temptation that the Bible clearly talks about. It demands the quality of commitment that Jesus demonstrates in His relationship to us. ↗

— Ravi Zacharias

#relationships #love