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It occurred to us, from observation and from reasonin, that extra marital sex was not what really destroyed marriages, but rather the lies and deception that invariably accompanied it -- that was the culprit. Page 317 ↗

— Ossie Davis Ruby Dee

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Stop glaring at me, baby. You were the one who attacked me and got you knocked up.” Patrick turned to smile at her. He had a knack for reading her mind. “I’m pregnant, and it’s your fault.” “You took advantage of a sleeping man.” He walked up to her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and dropped a kiss on her lips. “How was I to refuse a woman what she wanted?” “Say no.” “When it comes to you that word doesn’t exist to me. ↗

— Sam Crescent

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If anybody does marry you it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#lord-peter-wimsey #marriage #strong-poison #marriage

She was looking for a husband, partly because she was afraid no one might want her, partly because she couldn't decide what to do with herself until that problem was solved, partly because everyone else was looking for a husband. ↗

— A.S. Byatt

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Novels are written word by word. If you can write a word, and then another word, you can write a novel—assuming your novel will be two words long. Here’s a two-word romance novel: I do. It’s also a murder mystery.
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— Jarod Kintz

#humor #marriage #murder #murder-mystery #mystery

The computer is incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Man is unbelievably slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. The marriage of the two is a force beyond calculation. ↗

— Muhammad Waseem

#computerm-marriage #human #poetry #marriage

And I knew in spite of all the roses and kisses and restaurant dinners a man showered on a woman before he married her, what he secretly wanted when the wedding service ended was for her to flatten out underneath his feet like Mrs. Willard's kitchen mat. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

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And of course I didn't know who would marry me now that I'd been where I had been. I didn't know at all. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#uncertainty #marriage

Aren't all marriages kind of gay? As a man, when you get marries, essentially what you're saying is 'I will never touch another woman as long as I live, now let's put jewellery on each other and dance ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

#humour #marriage #marriage

It’s important to have a husband that lives and believes the same way you do. Otherwise, you’re asking for problems. ↗

— J.E.B. Spredemann

#divorce #husband #marriage #problems #wife