Quotes by marriage

“Thou mayest choose an helpmeet, said the King to me. An helpmeet? What the great googly-moogly was that?”

“people have managed to marry without arithmetic”

“I’ve married a man who is so afraid of living, he’d rather destroy the very thing that makes him feel alive.”

“I thought we were perfect for each other. There s no such thing as perfect, Eli commiserated.”

“Love me, desire me and pray for me.”

“Married couples must pray and study the Bible daily.”

“Love is a flame of light.”

“Would you like to become my wife? Imbecile! What a question. It s my greatest dream!!!”

“…Mrs. Warren allowed her book to fall closed upon her lap, and her attractive face awakened to an expression of agreeable expectation, in itself denoting the existence of interesting and desirable qualities in the husband at the moment inserting his latch-key in the front door preparatory to mounting the stairs and joining her. The man who, after twenty-five years of marriage, can call, by his return to her side, this expression to the countenance of an intelligent woman is, without question or argument, an individual whose life and occupations are as interesting as his character and points of view.”

“I asked him what his work was. He answered that he devoted all his time to his political activities… He was undoubtedly busy with the diplomatic relations between his testicles and women s breast.”

“A woman might save him from a heart attack, but she ll kill him in every other way.”

“He sat down in his chair by the fire and began to chat, as was his habit before he and his wife parted to dress for dinner. When he was out during the day he often looked forward to these chats, and made notes of things he would like to tell his Mary. During her day, which was given to feminine duties and pleasures, she frequently did the same thing. Between seven and eight in the evening they had delightful conversational opportunities. He picked up her book and glanced it over, he asked her a few questions and answered a few…”