#marriage

This is your heart.Keep it locked until the chap turns up who has the key. ↗

— Jean Webster

#marriage #love

When he thought of her, it rather amazed him, that he had let that girl with her violin go. Now, of course, he saw that her self-effacing proposal was quite irrelevant. All she had needed was the certainty of his love, and his reassurance that there was no hurry when a lifetime lay ahead of them. Love and patience- if only he had had them both at once- would surely have seen them both through. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#marriage #love

If you both care for each other more than you care for yourself, your marriage will endure all. ↗

— Lisa Tawn Bergren

#marriage #torrent #love

So that is marriage, Lily thought, a man and a woman looking at a girl throwing a ball ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#marriage

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#marriage #marriage

Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe! ↗

— Henry Rollins

#same-sex-marriage #marriage

When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment. ↗

— Warren Farrell

#independence #marriage #men #women #marriage

I do not think you can name many great inventions that have been made by married men. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#marriage #nikola-tesla #passion #marriage

For if there is one thing I have learned over the years about men, it is that feelings of powerlessness do not usually bring forth their finest qualities. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#powerlessness #marriage

I know one thing about men," Bunny says with finality, leaving the room to check on A. "They never die when you want them to. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #husband #infidelity #marriage #seperation