#marriage

He who has a partner has a master. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

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He followed her into the bathroom and sat on the shut toilet seat while she washed her back with a brush. "I forgot to tell you," he said. "Liza sent us a wheel of Brie." "That's nice," she said, "but you know what? Brie gives me terribly loose bowels." He hitched up his genitals and crossed his legs. "That's funny," he said. "It constipates me." That was their marriage then--not the highest paving of the stair, the clatter of Italian fountains, the wind in the alien olive trees, but this: a jay-naked male and female discussing their bowels. ↗

— John Cheever

#marriage #funny

A sure romance killer is to NOT shut the bathroom door. ↗

— Toni Sorenson

#love

Marriage without love is just one more twisted form of slavery. ↗

— Margarita Engle

#marriage #slavery #love

The way to an ordinary marriage is the path of least resistance. If you want an extraordinary marriage, you will have to choose it. ↗

— Justin Davis

#marriage #marriage

We cannot trade empty for empty We must go to the waterfall For there's a break in the cup that holds love... Inside us all. ↗

— David Wilcox

#love #marriage #love

A wedding is for daughters and fathers. The mothers all dress up, trying to look like young women. But a wedding is for a father and daughter. They stop being married to each other on that day. ↗

— Sarah Ruhl

#fathers #fathers-and-daughters #marriage #play #weddings

My wife was always nagging me to wear my seat belt. I got tired of listening, so I spotted a pedestrian to take my place. As we passed each other through the windshield, I handed off my wedding ring. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #hit-and-runs #humor #marriage #marriage

Miracle means; when a South Asian Woman does not turn into an elephant after marriage. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

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A determined man, a man who believes himself grossly abused, does not listen to reason ↗

— Lucinda Brant

#listen #reason #marriage