#ria

He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#marriage #melancholy #marriage

I tried, I really tried, to stick with it. I planned to grow old with this man and possibly die in his arms. ↗

— Brenda Perlin

#home-wrecker #marriage #marriage

Has no one ever told you that it is the height of impropriety to kiss any gentleman, unless you have the intention of accompanying him immediately to the altar? ↗

— Georgette Heyer

#marriage #marriage

The world's most sensible and the most idiotic person lies within us.. the worst part is we can't say who is who ↗

— Chetan Bhagat

#marriage

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#marriage #pain #marriage

You still don't like the idea of gay marriage? Then, as my friend the economist Julianne Malveaux says: Don't marry a gay person. Case closed, problem solved. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#marriage

I generally read every night befi=ore I fall asleep: Brad does too. I find it comforting to lie beside my husband, each of us with a book in our hands. I see it as a period of calm and intimacy, and as the perfect metaphor-together, yet individual-for our marriage. ↗

— Debbie Macomber

#marriage-husbands #reading #marriage

[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques... ↗

— André Maurois

#love #marriage #wisdom #life

Conversely, I though humiliation would be everything, but it´s such a nothing. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #husband #infidelity #marriage #seperation

This does not escape my notice, it is a context. I resent the fact of a context; my social status has shifted and no one is going to acknowldege it, that´s certain. I´m expected to be Brave and Rise Above. I dress for the role; I must look far better now that I did when I was married. I must look pulled together into a nice tight Hermès knot of self-containment. I don´t make the rules; I just do my best to follow them. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#cheating #deception #divorce #infidelity #marriage