--- title: "1 Look Marriage Quotes By Ada Calhoun" description: "1 Look Marriage quotes by Ada Calhoun. Plus more from Ada Calhoun and more Look Marriage sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/ada-calhoun-28511_sense-of-self_there-are-a-lot-of-really-broken-people_1205952.jpg" --- > [“There are a lot of really broken people. Unfortunately, especially for women, your sense of self and your viability is so under assault from this terrible culture focused on youth. Men have permission for eternal childhoods. So many people I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/there-are-a-lot-of-really-broken-people-unfortunately-especially-for/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/ada-calhoun-28511_sense-of-self_there-are-a-lot-of-really-broken-people_1205952.jpg) ## More by Ada Calhoun > [“Forsaking all others means going deep with one person -- exhaustingly deep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/forsaking-all-others-means-going-deep-with-one-person-exhaustingly/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“So what's the secret to staying together?" I asked her. "Be nice?" she offered. I laughed, but that may be it, the way a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/so-what-s-the-secret-to-staying-together-i-asked-her-be-nice-she/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“The romantic fairy tales we grew up with -- where marriage is the happy ending rather than the opening scene -- are not useful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/the-romantic-fairy-tales-we-grew-up-with-where-marriage-is-the-happy/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“The boring parts don't last forever. In retrospect, they aren't even boring.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/the-boring-parts-don-t-last-forever-in-retrospect-they-aren-t-even/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“By staying married, we give something to ourselves and to others: hope. Hope that in steadfastly loving someone, we ourselves, for all our faults,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/by-staying-married-we-give-something-to-ourselves-and-to-others-hope/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“There are a lot of really broken people. Unfortunately, especially for women, your sense of self and your viability is so under assault from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/there-are-a-lot-of-really-broken-people-unfortunately-especially-for/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“To love somebody is not just a strong feeling -- it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise," writes psychologist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/to-love-somebody-is-not-just-a-strong-feeling-it-is-a-decision-it-is-2/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“...even good marriages sometimes involve flinging a remote control at the wall.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/even-good-marriages-sometimes-involve-flinging-a-remote-control-at/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“As married people, we dwell on a spectrum between happy and unhappy, in love and out of love, and we move back and forth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/as-married-people-we-dwell-on-a-spectrum-between-happy-and-unhappy-in/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“People who don't marry miss both the pelting hardships of marriage and its warm rewards.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/people-who-don-t-marry-miss-both-the-pelting-hardships-of-marriage/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“Wherever you go, there you are. You would just have different problems. Are the problems you have now so bad that any other problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/wherever-you-go-there-you-are-you-would-just-have-different-problems/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“Failure is part of being human, and it is definitely part of being married.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/failure-is-part-of-being-human-and-it-is-definitely-part-of-being/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“I want to say that at various points in your marriage, may it last forever, you will look at this person and feel only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/i-want-to-say-that-at-various-points-in-your-marriage-may-it-last/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“The word "slut" has been invoked in the public discourse as an ugly slur. But Langella's book celebrates sluttiness as a worthy -- even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/the-word-slut-has-been-invoked-in-the-public-discourse-as-an-ugly/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) > [“...there is so much beauty in the trying, and in the failing, and in the trying again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ada-calhoun/there-is-so-much-beauty-in-the-trying-and-in-the-failing-and-in-the/) [Ada Calhoun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ada-calhoun/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/look-marriage/ada-calhoun/#itemlist", "name": "1 Look Marriage Quotes By Ada Calhoun", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There are a lot of really broken people. 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