“You couldn t find a Jewish sheik?”
“Married life had taught Toran the futility of arguing with a female in dark-brown mood. He shrugged, and left her.”
“They sat a moment in embrace of silent mutual comfort, which was, she often thought, the reward of those long married.”
“To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you re wrong, admit it; whenever you re right, shut up.”
“I wouldn t want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I d like it if he could be wicked and wouldn t.”
“Mathilde and Lotto held hands in the taxi going to brunch, communicating, not speaking.”
“[God] can help you begin to rebuild your marriage and your life if you will let Him rule in your life.”
“Never pray for just a beautiful and sexy partner, but pray for that who fear God. That he/she will not sin against his God.”
“If I get married, I want to be very married.”
“Longed for him. Got him. Shit.”
“Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.”
“So it s not gonna be easy. It s going to be really hard; we re gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.”
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
“If he’s not calling you, it’s because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesn’t follow through on little things, he will do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he’s okay with disappointing you. Don’t be with someone who doesn’t do what they say they’re going to do. If he’s choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn’t respect your feelings and needs. “Busy” is another word for “asshole.” “Asshole” is another word for the guy you’re dating. You deserve a fcking phone call.”
“Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other s shadow.”
“Happiness [is] only real when shared”
“The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.”