#marriage

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#attention #both #career #choices #go

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#husbands #majority #me #play #remind

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#contend #devours #everything #familiarity #incessantly

A key to keeping your husband is getting him to miss you. That keeps a marriage fresh. ↗

— Tori Amos

#getting #him #husband #keeping #keeps

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#any #creation #emotion #everything #fleeting

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#i #like #marriage #out #permanent

I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#marriage #wanted #work

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#could #hands #husbands #into #men

I like getting married, but I don't like being married. ↗