--- title: "9 Married Quotes By Nora Ephron" description: "9 Married quotes by Nora Ephron. Plus more from Nora Ephron and more Married sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/nora-ephron-1217_buying_whenever-i-get-married-i-start-buying-go_1455929.jpg" --- > [Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/whenever-i-get-married-i-start-buying-gourmet-magazine/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/nora-ephron-1217_buying_whenever-i-get-married-i-start-buying-go_1455929.jpg) > [Having been married so many times, I know that one of the few things I am an expert in is falling in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/having-been-married-so-many-times-i-know-that-one-of-the-few-things-i/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/nora-ephron-1217_experts_having-been-married-so-many-times-i-know_2000565.jpg) > [The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/the-desire-to-get-married-which-i-regret-to-say-i-believe-is-basic/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/nora-ephron-1217_being-alone_the-desire-to-get-married-which-i-regret_2803444.jpg) > [I married him against all evidence. I married him believing that marriage doesn't work, that love dies, that passion fades, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/i-married-him-against-all-evidence-i-married-him-believing-that/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/nora-ephron-1217_believe_i-married-him-against-all-evidence-i-mar_2498336.jpg) > [“MARIE    I’m saying that the right man for you might be out there right now and if you don’t grab him, someone else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/marie-i-m-saying-that-the-right-man-for-you-might-be-out-there-right/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/nora-ephron-1217_life_marie-i-m-saying-that-the-right-man-for_1929794.jpg) > [Every so often I would look at my women friends who were happily married and didn't cook, and I would always find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/every-so-often-i-would-look-at-my-women-friends-who-were-happily/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/nora-ephron-1217_cooking_every-so-often-i-would-look-at-my-women_447917.jpg) > [We weren't meant to have futures, we were meant to marry them. We weren't meant to have politics, or careers that mattered,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/we-weren-t-meant-to-have-futures-we-were-meant-to-marry-them-we-weren/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/nora-ephron-1217_architect_we-weren-t-meant-to-have-futures-we-were_2407600.jpg) > [Food is one of my favourite things. Though I certainly know lots of people who happen to be happily married who don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/food-is-one-of-my-favourite-things-though-i-certainly-know-lots-of/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/nora-ephron-1217_asking_food-is-one-of-my-favourite-things-thoug_1095996.jpg) > [“HARRY: (Voice-over)The first time we met we hated each other. SALLY: (Voice-over) You didn’t hate me, I hated you. (beat) And the second time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/harry-voice-over-the-first-time-we-met-we-hated-each-other-sally/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/nora-ephron-1217_first-time_harry-voice-over-the-first-time-we-met-w_398383.jpg) ## Other authors on Married ## More by Nora Ephron > [ “\[S\]ometimes, when you are a food person, the possible irrelevance of what you are doing doesn’t cross your mind until it’s too late. (Once,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/s-ometimes-when-you-are-a-food-person-the-possible-irrelevance-of/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [“That's the catch about betrayal, of course: that it feels good, that there's something immensely pleasurable about moving from a complicated relationship which involves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/that-s-the-catch-about-betrayal-of-course-that-it-feels-good-that/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [“The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/the-whole-purpose-of-places-like-starbucks-is-for-people-with-no/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [Death is a sniper. It strikes people you love, people you like, people you know - it's everywhere. You could be next. But then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/death-is-a-sniper-it-strikes-people-you-love-people-you-like-people/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > ['When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. When you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it's your laugh.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/when-you-slip-on-a-banana-peel-people-laugh-at-you-when-you-tell/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [“I wish he were better at hailing taxis than I am; on the other hand, I realize that expectation is culturally conditioned, utterly foolish,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/i-wish-he-were-better-at-hailing-taxis-than-i-am-on-the-other-hand-i/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/you-enter-into-a-certain-amount-of-madness-when-you-marry-a-person/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [I never went near the Wellesley College chapel in my four years there, but I am still amazed at the amount of Christian charity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/i-never-went-near-the-wellesley-college-chapel-in-my-four-years-there/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [You can't call yourself a feminist if you don't believe in the right to abortion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/you-can-t-call-yourself-a-feminist-if-you-don-t-believe-in-the-right/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [“I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/i-always-read-the-last-page-of-a-book-first-so-that-if-i-die-before-i/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [“If I was home alone at night, I cooked myself an entire meal from one of these cookbooks. Then I sat down in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/if-i-was-home-alone-at-night-i-cooked-myself-an-entire-meal-from-one/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [“The next man I was involved with lived in Boston. He taught me to cook mushrooms. He taught me that if you heat the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/the-next-man-i-was-involved-with-lived-in-boston-he-taught-me-to-cook/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/whatever-you-choose-however-many-roads-you-travel-i-hope-that-you/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [A man who finishes a book is always alone when he finishes it...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/a-man-who-finishes-a-book-is-always-alone-when-he-finishes-it/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) > [“I hear myself saying these words: What this movement is about is options. I say it to friends who are frustrated, or housebound, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/i-hear-myself-saying-these-words-what-this-movement-is-about-is/) [Nora Ephron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-ephron/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/married/nora-ephron/#itemlist", "name": "9 Married Quotes By Nora Ephron", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nora Ephron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/whenever-i-get-married-i-start-buying-gourmet-magazine/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/nora-ephron-1217_buying_whenever-i-get-married-i-start-buying-go_1455929.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/nora-ephron-1217_buying_whenever-i-get-married-i-start-buying-go_1455929.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d98/nora-ephron-1217_buying_whenever-i-get-married-i-start-buying-go_1455929.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.” — Nora Ephron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Having been married so many times, I know that one of the few things I am an expert in is falling in love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nora Ephron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/having-been-married-so-many-times-i-know-that-one-of-the-few-things-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/nora-ephron-1217_experts_having-been-married-so-many-times-i-know_2000565.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/nora-ephron-1217_experts_having-been-married-so-many-times-i-know_2000565.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/nora-ephron-1217_experts_having-been-married-so-many-times-i-know_2000565.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Having been married so many times, I know that one of the few things I am an expert in is falling in love.” — Nora Ephron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nora Ephron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-ephron/the-desire-to-get-married-which-i-regret-to-say-i-believe-is-basic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/nora-ephron-1217_being-alone_the-desire-to-get-married-which-i-regret_2803444.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/nora-ephron-1217_being-alone_the-desire-to-get-married-which-i-regret_2803444.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/nora-ephron-1217_being-alone_the-desire-to-get-married-which-i-regret_2803444.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed…” — Nora Ephron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I married him against all evidence. 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