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Think about what binds you to your husband and he to you. Marvel at the strength of that bond, which is both abstract and concrete, spiritual and legal. ↗

— Whitney Otto

#love #marriage #life

The core truth of our marriage, the most important thing for me to remember, was that Michael and I loved each other. Our love had gotten pushed aside and bruised and buried, but it has always existed. ↗

— Sarah Pekkanen

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People keep looking for the perfect one, but perfection is an attribute of God alone. ↗

— Farahad Zama

#marriage

The tiny motion was lost on his wife, who warmed herself in front of the fire with two wounded, lost souls beside her. She gave for no gain of her own, no goal she needed to reach. Love was not a price but something she owned inside and shared freely... The woman who was his wife was a fierce, proud creature who both shattered and humbled him, and he realized in the glimmer of firelight, that he loved her. ↗

— Jennifer Probst

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It was so much more comfortable to be able to divide people into heroes and villains and expect them to play their allotted part. ↗

— Mary Balogh

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And it feels good to feel young with you, and at the same time to grow old with you. And it's all those things together at the same moment. ↗

— Dave Isay

#marriage #love

The Castle. He’d seen this expression far too many times during their marriage. The Castle was Bryony drawing up the gates and retreating deep into the inner keep. And he’d always hated it. Marriage meant that you shared your goddamn castle. You didn’t leave your poor knight of a husband circling the walls trying to find a way in. ↗

— Sherry Thomas

#knight #leo #sherry-thomas #marriage

I’m a combat specialist and marriage counselor.
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— Jarod Kintz

#fight #fighting #marriage #marriage-counselor #quarrel

It is also true that the less competent a person is in a given domain, the more he will tend to overestimate his abilities. This often produces an ugly marriage of confidence and ignorance that is very difficult to correct for. ↗

— Sam Harris

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She tugged warningly on his shirt. "I am serious! Are you going to marry me, Sean? Finally?" He smiled, and the light of his smile filled his eyes. "Damn it, Elle! Will you not let me take the lead? Ladies do not propose marriage!" ~Sean O'Neill & Eleanor de Warenne ↗

— Brenda Joyce

#romance #marriage