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After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her. ↗

— Mark Twain

#marriage #women #love

She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master's finishing touch. ↗

— John Eldredge

#love #marriage #romance #women #love

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#love #marriage #us-presidents #wisdom #love

The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ↗

— Nancy E. Turner

#motherhood #wife #women #marriage

I take thee... to be my awful wedded husband ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#wedding #marriage

It might do wonders for your marriage,” Amelia continued. “It’s lovely to talk to your husband after you’ve been to bed together. They just lie there feeling grateful and say yes to everything.” - Amelia to Poppy ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#lisa-kleypas #poppy #tempt #twilight #love

Christopher heard a pair of women gossiping nearby, whispering in disapproving undertones. "... Ramsey was found flirting in a corner with a woman. They had to drag him away from her." "Who was it?" "His own wife." "Oh, dear. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#hathaways #love #love-in-the-afternoon #marriage #love

ʺWhere is it?ʺ I asked. ʺLexington, Kentucky.ʺ ʺOh for Godʹs sake,ʺ I moaned. ʺWhy not the Bahamas? Or the Corn Palace?ʺ Dimitri tried to hide a smile. It might have been at my expense, but if Iʹd lightened his mood, I was grateful. ʺIf we leave right now, we can reach him before morning.ʺ I glanced around. ʺTough choice. Leave all this for electricity and plumbing?ʺ Now Sydney grinned. ʺAnd no more marriage proposals.ʺ ʺAnd weʹll probably have to fight Strigoi,ʺ added Dimitri. I jumped to my feet. ʺHow soon can we go?ʺ ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #sydney #marriage

Out of the frying pan into the fire! What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? No different! ↗

— Angela Carter

#women #marriage

This is surely the most significant of the elements that Tolkien brought to fantasy.... his arranged marriage between the Elder Edda and "The Wind in the Willows"--big Icelandic romance and small-scale, cozy English children's book. The story told by "The Lord of the Rings" is essentially what would happen if Mole and Ratty got drafted into the Nibelungenlied. ↗

— Adam Gopnik

#fantasy #j-r-r-tolkien #literature #romance #the-wind-in-the-willows