~ Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an anaesthetic. ~
~ The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last. ~
~ There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage. ~
~ Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes in between them. ~
~ Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates and destinies, of time and eternity - everyday life married to the timeless mysteries of the soul. ~
~ Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred. ~
~ Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising ~
~ The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. ~
~ A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love. ~
~ The problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast. ~
~ Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes. ~
~ Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up ~