#marriages

Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place. ↗

— Robert Bolt

#heaven #made #marriages #place #some

I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single. ↗

— Paula Danziger

#deal #i #lot #marriages #married

I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely. ↗

— Ava Gardner

#failed #i #i always #i think #loved

Bad divorce?" Hardy asked, his gaze falling to my hands. I realized I was clutching my purse in a death grip. “No, the divorce was great,” I said. “It was the marriage that sucked. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#divorce #death

The decision to get married will impact one's life more deeply than almost any decision in life. Yet people continue to rush into marriage with little or no preparation for making a marriage successful. In fact, many couples give far more attention to making plans for the wedding than making plans for marriage. The wedding festivities last only a few hours, while the marriage, we hope, will last for a lifetime ↗

— Gary Chapman

#marriage-humor #marriage-mistakes #marriages #successful-marriage #life

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#attention #both #career #choices #go

Marriages are under strain today in terms of economics. There are social cross-currents. We see failed marriages. But it is not under attack by our gay and lesbian citizens. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#citizens #economics #failed #gay #lesbian

Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#actions #deciding #determines #fate #first

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want. ↗

— John Fowles

#end #marriages #most #paradox #passion

I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages. ↗

— Bobby Heenan

#cheating #had #i #know #marriages