--- title: "7 Invented Marriage Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Invented Marriage quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Invented Marriage sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/mary-quant-9697_engines_the-gods-gave-man-fire-and-he-invented-f_421082.png" --- > [The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-quant/the-gods-gave-man-fire-and-he-invented-fire-engines-they-gave-him/) [Mary Quant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-quant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/mary-quant-9697_engines_the-gods-gave-man-fire-and-he-invented-f_421082.png) > [We invented marriage. Couples invented marriage. We also invented divorce,mind you. And we invented infidelity,too, as well as romantic misery. In fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/we-invented-marriage-couples-invented-marriage-we-also-invented/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/elizabeth-gilbert-131_age_we-invented-marriage-couples-invented-ma_1288508.jpg) > [“At my age one's seldom amazed," he said, smiling. "Marriage is too absurd in any case. It begins and continues for such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-forster-2/at-my-age-one-s-seldom-amazed-he-said-smiling-marriage-is-too-absurd/) [E.M. Forster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-forster-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/e-m-forster-2-1148_business_at-my-age-one-s-seldom-amazed-he-said-sm_1529419.jpg) > [Whoever invented marriage was an ingenious tormentor. It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings. The whole point of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/whoever-invented-marriage-was-an-ingenious-tormentor-it-is-an/) [Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/susan-sontag-332_aim_whoever-invented-marriage-was-an-ingenio_2152417.jpg) > [“And He was the one who invented marriage so that the blazing fire of romantic love could become something even more beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joshua-harris/and-he-was-the-one-who-invented-marriage-so-that-the-blazing-fire-of/) [Joshua Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joshua-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/joshua-harris-8529_creator_and-he-was-the-one-who-invented-marriage_2292269.jpg) > [Sometimes I really wonder if the dangerous intricacies of marriage are ever considered by who ever invented marriage institution. I honestly believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamoreloveforlifecom/sometimes-i-really-wonder-if-the-dangerous-intricacies-of-marriage/) [Kemmy Nola Http://wwwamoreloveforlifecom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamoreloveforlifecom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamorelovefo_life_sometimes-i-really-wonder-if-the-dangero_2785421.jpg) > [“It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather it is the institution of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/it-is-not-we-as-individuals-then-who-must-bend-uncomfortably-around-2/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/elizabeth-gilbert-131_marriage_it-is-not-we-as-individuals-then-who-mus_3114953.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/invented-marriage/#itemlist", "name": "Invented Marriage Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. 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I honestly believe that instead of wearing a white veil on the wedding day, the bride should be advised to wear a protective crash helmet, considering the physical and emotional bumps and bruise she will undergo in this life long roller coaster called marriage.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kemmy Nola Http://wwwamoreloveforlifecom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamoreloveforlifecom/sometimes-i-really-wonder-if-the-dangerous-intricacies-of-marriage/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamorelovefo_life_sometimes-i-really-wonder-if-the-dangero_2785421.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamorelovefo_life_sometimes-i-really-wonder-if-the-dangero_2785421.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/kemmy-nola-http-wwwamorelovefo_life_sometimes-i-really-wonder-if-the-dangero_2785421.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes I really wonder if the dangerous intricacies of marriage are ever considered by who ever invented…” — Kemmy Nola Http://wwwamoreloveforlifecom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around US. Because \"they\" (the powers that be) have never been entirely able to stop \"us\" (two people) from connecting our lives together and creating a secret world of our own. And so \"they\" eventually have no choice but to legally permit \"us\" to marry, in some shape or form, no matter how restrictive their ordinaces may appear. (...) So perhaps I've had this story deliciously backwards the whole time. To somehow suggest that society invented marriage, and then forced human beings to bond with each other, is perhaps absurd. It's like suggesting that society invented dentists, and then forced people to grow teeth. WE invented marriage. Couples invented marriage. We also invented divorce, mind you. And we invented infidelity, too, as well as romantic misery. In fact, we invented the whole damn sloppy mess of love and intimacy and aversion and euphoria and failure. 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