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Really, Mr. Collins,' cried Elizabeth with some warmth, 'you puzzle me exceedingly. If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as to convince you of its being one. ↗

— Jane Austen

#rejection #relationship-humor #marriage

I like you more than any other woman I've ever met. I've never even thought about spending my life with one woman until now. I want to live with you, take care of you, grow old with you. I want to sleep with you in my arms every night for the rest of my life. I want to see your belly swell with my child - a son or daughter with mop of curly hair. I want you for my wife. ↗

— Dorothy Garlock

#marriage-proposal #love

Did you really look at the word Engaged, use to be first you go Steady then buy a ring then the woman was so happy that you became 'Engaged'. ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#marriage

I love you, Margaret Macy. And there is something I need to ask you. Something I’ve asked twice before and am nearly afraid to ask again. The Scriptures say let our yes be yes and our no be no, but I pray, in your case, your no may have changed . . . ?” Margaret leaned forward and kissed him firmly, warmly, on the lips. Then she smiled at him, her eyes brimming with tears. “Yes, it most definitely has. ↗

— Julie Klassen

#margaret-macy #marriage-proposal #nathaniel-upchurch #change

You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#marriage #marriage-proposal #love

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me ↗

— Winston Churchill

#marriage-proposal #marriage

But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#accept #could #even #honour #leaders

Romney said that his tax reform proposal is 'very similar to the Simpson-Bowles plan.' How I wish it were. ↗