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(Regarding Marriage) Both people need to care deeply about the other person, to put the other’s needs before their own, and to make a daily commitment to that person to stick it out. ↗

— Alessandra Torre

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No part of marriage is the exclusive province of any one sex. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

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A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures... ↗

— Stephen King

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And too soon Marred are those so early Made. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey. ↗

— William Blake

#pluralism #marriage

Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?" "They're beanies." "They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn." "But I'm not in Brooklyn." "But you're still a Brooklynite." "I wouldn't want that to get around, Annie." "You don't mean that, Carl." "Ah, we might as well call them beanies, Annie." "Why?" "When in Rome do as the Romans do." "Do they call them beanies in Rome?" she asked artlessly. "This is the silliest conversation... ↗

— Betty Smith

#betty-smith #humor #joy-in-the-morning #marriage #humor

Love is more about being the right person than finding the right person. ↗

— Barbara Bartlein

#marriage #relationships #love

Too many believe that love is a condition, a feeling that involves 100 percent of the heart, something that happens to you. They disassociate love from the mind and, therefore, from agency. In commanding us to love, the Lord refers to something much deeper than romance — a love that is the most profound form of loyalty. He is teaching us that love is something more than feelings of the heart; it is also a covenant we keep with soul and mind. ↗

— Lynn G. Robbins

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Will you marry me, my darling ? Do I have options, you bastard ? ↗

— Toba Beta

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You can never be happily married to the one you are not happily in-a-relationship with. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

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