But even as she was going through with it she knew it was useless, just as it was useless to save a single earring when the other half of the pair was lost

In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of "This is me!"

Of course, these were only dreams. How could a sensible woman leave a happy marriage? All the same, a seductive voice from afar kept breaking into her conjugal peace: it was the voice of solitude.

When his wife was at his side, she was also in front of him, marking out the horizon of his life. Now the horizon is empty: the view has changed.

When he thought of her, it rather amazed him, that he had let that girl with her violin go. Now, of course, he saw that her self-effacing proposal was quite irrelevant. All she had needed was the...

All things being equal, why not be married to a rich man? {Somewhere, Hannah thinks, there must be a needlepoint pillow asking this very question in a cleverer way.}

I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be {among other things} both sensual and maternal.

Am I really admitting that my sister is determined to marry a man she has only seen once and doesn't much like the look of? It is half real and half pretense - and I have an idea that it is a game...

There is something revolting about the way girls' minds so often jump to marriage long before they jump to love.

...but once more I say do as you please, for we women are born to this burden of being obedient to our husbands, though they be blockheads

Love is giving, marriage is buying and selling. You can't put love into a contract.

How many divorces are caused by the word nothing? I think this would be a very interesting statistic.

She broke off a piece of bacon and offered it to the cat who sat staring holes through her.For him, this is makeup sex. That's all you get, she said when Galahad inhaled the bacon then affectionately...

Marriage isn't for the weak or lazy. It's work, and it should be. What would be the point otherwise?

The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

He said, I always thought the woman I'd marry would hit me easy, in a bolt of lightning, and there is not lightning there is not even thunder there is not even rain.

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...

He evidently did not care that they were in full view of a cluster of dog-owners walking their dogs. He stopped and took her in his arms, kissing her passionately and urgently.

If she was going to remain an engaged lady, then she would make the most of it, and one of the ways to do this would be to enjoy her free time.

All weddings... It never changes, when the groom lifts the veil, when the bride accepts the ring, the possibilities you see in their eyes, it's the same around the world. They truly believe their love...

Dor felt a warm, calming feeling when he said those words-She is my wife-because ever since they were children she was like the sky to him, forever around.