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In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us into union with him. And this takes us beyond the philosophical to the personal and the practical. If God had the gospel of Jesus's salvation in mind when he established marriage, then marriage only 'works' to the degree that approximates the pattern of God's self-giving love in Christ. ↗

— Timothy Keller

#love #marriage #sacrifice #the-self #love

It is too late for me to learn your wisdom in this matter. From the time I knew aught, I have lived with a knight and his lady whose love lit and warmed the dark hall on winter's nights. Madam, my example comes not from any book of romance. My grandparents walked and breathed; they kissed and quarreled. This I must have, and I will seek it with the point of my knife in a bad husband's heart if I can find it no other way. ↗

— Roberta Gellis

#happiness #historical #love #marriage #romance

Novels are forged in passion, demand fidelity and commitment, often drive you to boredom or rage, sleep with you at night. They are the long haul. They are marriage. Stories, on the other hand, you can lose yourself in for a few weeks and then wrap up, or grow tired of and abandon and (maybe) return to later. They can cuddle you sweetly, or make you get on your knees and beg. ↗

— David Leavitt

#writing #marriage

Charlotte said that if I chose, I could cease to be a Gray and take the name my mother should have had before she was married. I could be a Starkweather. I could have a true Shadowhunter name." She heard Will exhale a breath. It came out a puff of white in the cold. His eyes were blue and wide and clear, fixed on her face. He wore the expression of a man who had steeled himself to do a terrifying thing, and was carrying it through. "Of course you can have a true Shadowhunter name," Will said. "You can have mine. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#marriage #tessa #the-feels #will #marriage

Mirrors are liars. They tell us what we expect to see. ↗

— Susanna Fraser

#self-worth #marriage

May all your letters be received with an abundance of love. ↗

— Beth Wiseman

#inspirational #love #inspirational

Marriage creates one world for your child. For that alone, two old friends can try to see a peaceful world through the eyes of their angels. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#divorce #marriage #relationships #seperation #marriage

We don't have anything in common. We just complement each other. You don't have to do everything together; you need some distance between you. But there's no ideal distance and there are only two possibilities: either you reduce the distance or you enlarge it. And because we want to reduce the distance, we're going to get married. Some time or another. ↗

— Eva Heller

#marriage #relationships #marriage

Actual message in letter I mailed: Congrats on getting married! Here’s a hundred-dollar gift certificate to Amazon.com. You could buy something practical, or you could buy 101 copies of my .99 cents ebook. Just kidding—I didn’t mean to imply that buying 101 copies of my book was impractical. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#books #gift-certificate #impractical #insightful #letter

Intermarriage is one of the most provocative words in the English language ↗

— Clotye Murdock Larsson

#interracial-marriage #miscegenation #mixed-marriage #race-relations #racial-amalgamation