#om

[I]t is not by being richer or more powerful that a man becomes better; one is a matter of fortune, the other of virtue. Nor should she deem herself other than venal who weds a rich man rather than a poor, and desires more things in her husband than himself. Assuredly, whomsoever this concupiscence leads into marriage deserves payment rather than affection. ↗

— Héloïse d'Argenteuil

#concupiscence #dignity #fortune #greed #honesty

Marriage is not easy, I thought to myself. It’s not supposed to be easy. It’s two different people, from two different backgrounds, trying to build a life together for better or worse. It’s something you have to work at every single day. There are going to be hard times and those are the times you are supposed to fight like hell. ↗

— Courtney Giardina

#ebook #heartache #kindle #love #marriage

You are no ruin sir--no lighting-struck tree: you are green and vigorous. Plants will grow about your roots, whether you ask them or not, because they take delight in your bountiful shadow; and as they grow they will lean towards you, and wind round you, because your strength offers them so safe a prop. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#happiness #illness #love #marriage #safety

how lacking in intuition men could be in persuading themselves that mending some stranger's socks, and attending to his comfort, could content a woman... ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#women #marriage

Maybe we could, um, go sit in the truck?" he said, but even as he said it, it sounded so dumb. And not exactly the way he wanted her to remember a marriage proposal. ↗

— Robyn Carr

#robyn-carr #romance #romantic #marriage

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #marriage #marriage

I won't be affected by your charm nor I will trap you into marriage. I've been there once, never again. - Kristine ↗

— Martha Cecilia

#romance #tagalog #marriage

When I reach out, you take my hand.  When I smile, you mirror the expression. When I triumph, you glory as if it were your own. When I fail, you point to the light at the end. When I need, you tenderly provide. When I cry, you kiss away my tears. When I suffer,  you bleed. And you wonder why I love you? ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#devotion #giving #love #love-story #lovers

What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme - courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe - marriage. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#courtship #discord #disharmony #empowerment #gender

I never would have conceived that he would finally succumb to marriage. How did you ever convince him?” “I must actually credit Lady Russell. She explained to me that a man desires above all things to think himself his own master. Thus, I had only to convince Marcus that marrying me was entirely his own idea.” -A BREACH OF PROMISE ↗

— Victoria Vane

#erotic-romance #historical-romance #marriage