MARRIAGE QUOTES X

quotations about marriage

Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit.

IRVIN D. YALOM

When Nietzsche Wept

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The concerts you enjoy together
Neighbors you annoy together
Children you destroy together
That make a marriage a joy.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM

Company

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All of us, at least unconsciously, marry in the hope of healing our wounds. Even if we do not have a traumatic background, we still have hurts and unfilled needs that we carry inside. We all suffer from feelings of self-doubt, unworthiness, and inadequacy. No matter how nurturing our parents were, we never received enough attention and love. So in marriage we look to our spouse to convince us that we are worthwhile and to heal our infirmities.

LESLIE L. PARROTT

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts

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Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source
Of human offspring, sole propriety,
In Paradise of all things common else.

JOHN MILTON

Paradise Lost

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The most difficult years of marriage are those following the wedding.

GARY SMALLEY

attributed, Worth Repeating

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Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. And the only possible way to accomplish this great change is to accord to women equal power in the making, shaping and controlling of the circumstances of life.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY

speech, spring 1875

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In the New Testament a totally new concept of marriage is being introduced; it is directly dependent upon the "Good News" of the Resurrection which was brought to Christ. A Christian is called--already in this world--to experience new life, to become a citizen of the Kingdom; and he can do so in marriage. But then marriage ceases to be either a simple satisfaction of temporary natural urges, or a means for securing an illusory survival through posterity. It is a unique union of two beings in love, two beings who can transcend their own humanity and thus be united not only "with each other," but also "in Christ."

JOHN MEYENDORFF

Marriage: An Orthodox Perspective

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The secret to a long and healthy marriage is to work at it and don't try and change each other.

JACK LALANNE

interview with James Marshall, September 16, 2007

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Propose not to a woman when she hath gotten a new frock, nor when she is puffed up with victories; when she reigneth and rejoiceth in her hour of triumph, come not nigh unto her; but when she be ill or weary, when she is cast down in spirit and needeth a comforter, then be thou ready, and make thy suit.

GELETT BURGESS

The Maxims of Methuselah

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A true Christian marriage proposal is an offer, not a request. Rather than saying in effect, "Will you do this for me?" when we invite another to enter the marriage relationship, the real question should be, "Will you accept what I want to give?"

GARY THOMAS

Sacred Marriage

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One of the most common problems in marriage occurs when she wants empathy and he's trying to fix things. Tell your partner what kind of listening you want ... Treat your mate as if he wants to make you happy but doesn't know how. You love him, after all. You picked him. Help him out.

TERRENCE REAL

O Magazine, January 2007

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Marriage, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.

AMBROSE BIERCE

The Devil's Dictionary

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When a man marries, dies, or turns Hindu, his best friends hear no more of him.

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

letter to Leigh Hunt

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Marriage is like a book. The whole story takes place between the covers.

MAE WEST

Sextette

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Some women marry for love, some for money, and some for a home. It is not known why men marry.

EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Country Town Sayings

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A good marriage is good for you. That isn't just a platitude. Mounting research shows that it is the literal truth. When your marriage is healthy, your body and mind are healthier.

CLIFF ISAACSON

The Good-for-You Marriage

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Married people, for being so closely united, are but the apter to part; as knots the harder they are pulled, break the sooner.

ALEXANDER POPE

"Thoughts on Various Subjects"

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Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.

JOHN UPDIKE

Couples

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The present relationship existing between husband and wife, where one claims a command over the actions of the other, is nothing more than a remnant of the old leaven of slavery. It is necessarily destructive of refined love; for how can a man continue to regard as his type of the ideal a being whom he has, be denying an equality of privilege with himself, degraded to something below himself?

HERBERT SPENCER

An Autobiography

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

ANDRÉ MAUROIS

Climats

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