Marriage Quotes by Nancy Mitford

“My dear Lady Kroesig, I have only read one book in my life, and that is ‘White Fang.’ It’s so frightfully good I’ve never…

— Nancy Mitford

Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.

— Nancy Mitford

Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when…

— Nancy Mitford

“Linda's presentation of the 'facts' had been so gruesome that the children left Alconleigh howling dismally, their nerves permanently impaired, their future chances of…

— Nancy Mitford

The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry,…

— Nancy Mitford

“She was filled with a strange, wild, unfamiliar happiness, and knew that this was love. Twice in her life she had mistaken something else…

— Nancy Mitford

You've no idea how long life goes on and how many, many changes it brings. Young people seem to imagine that it's over in…

— Nancy Mitford

“There they are, held like flies, in the amber of that moment...”

— Nancy Mitford

“Women are divided into two categories: those who can deal with the men they are in love with, and those who cannot. Sophia was…

— Nancy Mitford

When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home.

— Nancy Mitford

There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are.

— Nancy Mitford

One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few…

— Nancy Mitford

What is so nice & so unexpected about life is the way it improves as it goes along. I think you should impress this…

— Nancy Mitford

In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.

— Nancy Mitford

The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat…

— Nancy Mitford