#marriage

A Muslim must not hate his wife and if he be displeased with one bad quality in her, then let him be pleased with another that is good. ↗

— Anonymous

#equality #good #goodness #greatest #humanity

Marriage is a lie—the most beautiful lie two people can share. ↗

— Anthony Marais

#beauty

What makes for a good marriage isn't necessarily what makes for a good romantic relationship. Marriage isn't a passion-fest; it's a partnership formed to run a very small, mundane and often boring non-profit business. And I mean this in a good way. ↗

— Lori Gottlieb

#business

I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#am #fig #give #i #i am

Don't you know a kiss would change the world forever? ↗

— Theric Jepson

#kissing #love #marriage #romance #change

When a marriage fails, the story of the relationship changes. The best parts, the parts that made you think getting married was a good idea, fade from memory. ↗

— Tori Spelling

#change

There is no trick of a magician or spell of a witch doctor, no drug or mesmerism or bribery or torture or coercion that can compare in power with the force for change unleashed in the human breast through the touch of love. ↗

— Mike Mason

#marriage #relationships #change

The Puritan ethic of marriage was first to look not for a partner whom you do love passionately at this moment but rather for one whom you can love steadily as your best friend for life, then to proceed with God’s help to do just that. ↗

— J.I. Packer

#puritans #life

Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories. ↗

— John Wilmot

#children #fatherhood #marriage #parenting #theory

Of all the Hathaway sisters,” Cam said equably, “Beatrix is the one most suited to choose her own husband. I trust her judgment.” Beatrix gave him a brilliant smile. “Thank you, Cam.” “What are you thinking?” Leo demanded of his brother-in-law. “You can’t trust Beatrix’s judgment.” “Why not?” “She’s too young,” Leo said. “I’m twenty-three,” Beatrix protested. “In dog years I’d be dead. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#hathaways #humor #marriage #age