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17. Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 16. Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness. ~Virginie des Rieux, Epigrams 15. By the time you're his Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying. ~Dorothy Parker 14. To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up. ~Ogden Nash 13. Women hope men will change after marriage but they don't; men hope women won't change but they do. ~Bettina Arndt, Private Lives, 1986 12. Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. ~Jean Kerr, Mary, Mary, 1960 11. In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again.... We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring. ~Enid Bagnold, Autobiography, 1969 10. The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast. ~Gabriel Garca Mrquez 9. I figure that the degree of difficulty in combining two lives ranks somewhere between rerouting a hurricane and finding a parking place in downtown Manhattan. ~Claire Cloninger, "When the Glass Slipper Doesn't Fit and the Silver Spoon is in Someone Else's Mouth" 8. Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
7. People do not marry people, not real ones anyway; they marry what they think the person is; they marry illusions and images. The exciting adventure of marriage is finding out who the partner really is. ~James L. Framo, "Explorations in Marital & Family Therapy" 6. Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. ~Zsa Zsa Gabor 5. Marriage must constantly fight against a monster which devours everything: routine. ~Honore de Balzac 4. Wasn't marriage, like life, unstimulating and unprofitable and somewhat empty when too well ordered and protected and guarded. Wasn't it finer, more splendid, more nourishing, when it was, like life itself, a mixture of the sordid and the magnificent; of mud and stars; of earth and flowers; of love and hate and laughter and tears and ugliness and beauty and hurt. ~Edna Ferber, Show Boat, 1926 3. Marriage changes passion - suddenly you're in bed with a relative. ~Author Unknown 2. When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part. ~G.B. Shaw, Getting Married, 1908 And the most helpful thing that has been said about the secret of a happy marriage is..
1. The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. ~Henny Youngman Please share your own thoughts, feelings, quotes, and wisdom. For more information on Jed Diamond, Ph.D. contact me at Jed@MenAlive.com Or visit my website at www.MenAlive.com.