#wooing

No: I shall not marry Samuel Fawthrop Wynne." "I ask why? I must have a reason. In all respects he is more than worthy of you." She stood on the hearth; she was pale as the white marble slab and cornice behind her; her eyes flashed large, dilated, unsmiling. "And I ask in what sense that young man is worthy of me? ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#courtship #dignity #empowerment #equality #feminism

Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#courtship #dignity #empowerment #happiness #husbands

Wooing, wedding, and repenting is as a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinque-pace: the first suit is hot and hasty like a Scotch jig--and full as fantastical; the wedding, mannerly modest, as a measure, full of state and ancientry; and then comes repentance and with his bad legs falls into the cinque-pace faster and faster, till he sink into his grave. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#humor #life #love #marriage #matrimony

I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her. ↗

— Cesar Romero

#either #her #i #lady #leading

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#always #eats #enjoy #exercise #last

Each coming together of man and wife, even if they have been mated for many years, should be a fresh adventure; each winning should necessitate a fresh wooing. ↗

— Marie Carmichael Stopes

#been #coming #each #even #fresh

Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#love #lovers-quarrels #wooing #love

The vampire could woo any woman with his charisma and his charm, but he only wishes to romance her.. for eternity. ↗

— Mr. Depravity

#charm #eternity #love #romance #vampire

I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand -- they only. Know this at last. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#conscience #courtship #dignity #empowerment #feminism

It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOOING your woman” should be a continuous process. It should NEVER end after you get your “yes” from her. If you did a lot to get her, you should do more to keep her. ↗

— Olaotan Fawehinmi

#how-to-make-a-woman-love-you #love #marriage #olaotan-fawehinmi #relationship