Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. Honore de Balzac contenddevourfamiliarity Change image and share on social
Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives. Algernon Charles Swinburne barrencorpseday Change image and share on social
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse. Omar Khayyam barrenbedbrave Change image and share on social
The woman who has her being in marriage and motherhood has become part of antithetical reality, revoking property from the woman who remains in a condition of intangible femininity. Rachel Cusk antitheticalconditionfemininity Change image and share on social
When you have a baby, love is automatic, when you get married, love is earned. Marie Osmond automaticbabyearn Change image and share on social
I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage. Greta Scacchi heathenmarriage Change image and share on social
I believe in the sanctity of marriage. Sam Brownback marriagesanctity Change image and share on social
In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent. Jessica Savitch adolescentcareerchild Change image and share on social
Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. Peter De Vries adultarrivechild Change image and share on social
It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment. Jasmine Guy disciplinefullhonest Change image and share on social
