#marriage

His eyed, brilliant with emotion, met hers. " Real love," he said, "Comes with strings you tie yourself. ↗

— Abby Gaines

#casey #love #marriage #love

I would separate marriages into rational and irrational and I would included both love and arranged marriages as irrational marriage. Rational marriage for me is when you can really understand by mind not by heart. ↗

— M.F. Moonzajer

#love-marriage #love

And in the fall, the cold would wither that which was known, scattering new seed. In the spring, that which had been sleeping awoke and a new season of beauty began. For Life seeks life and builds a bridge across the darkest valley. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#marriage #seasons-of-life #love

Something truly special never ceases to grow even more valuable with each passing time. If it would stand the test of time, then it's worth keeping though it may not look or feel the same when it was still brand new. ↗

— Jennifer Tindugan-Adoviso

#commitment #fidelity #girlfriend #husband #love

The marriage bond is more than a civil contract. It is a reward for loving well. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#loving #marriage #love

It was a love that was not a contract but an affection of the soul. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#marriage #soulmates #love

Bientôt ou dans un cycle, ce sera de nouveau son tour de me prouver la qualité de son feu. Je ne lui manquerai pas, elle ne me manquera pas--et tout sera consumé. ↗

— Natalie Barney

#lesbian-erotica #lesbian-partners #love #marriage #love

And nevertheless, when they watched him leave the house, this man they themselves had urged to conquer the world, then they were the ones left with the terror that he would never return. That was their life. Love, if it existed, was something separate: another life. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#love #marriage #love

A righteous wife is a respectful wife. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#marriage #piety #religious #respect #righteous

And now here was Arabella, making him feel worse. Maybe that was what she always did; maybe she always made him feel worse, and he'd never really noticed before. Maybe what seemed like the ordinary rough-and-tumble of marriage, combined with hard work and London, was something simpler: the fact that added to any equation, Arabella made it worse. ↗

— John Lanchester

#relationships #support #marriage