Marriage Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

“the vast edifice of expectation and commitment that a marriage would pile on her.”

— Marius Gabriel

“The outside pressure to be married was intense. This had surprised her a decade ago, but now she thought she understood. People wanted you…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

“What could he and she really know of each other, since it was his duty, as a "decent" fellow, to conceal his past from…

— Edith Wharton

“as to our hopes, our dreams, our secret desires, we couldn't talk about those. They were to vague, too frightening, too important. And so…

— Amy Tan

“What she did know, unfortunately, was that she had to reconsider everything she'd ever willed herself to believe about her husband.”

— Chris Pavone

“she wondered what it was like to know that you were to be married, that you would have a home, an income, that you…

— Jo Baker

“Why offer to marry me when you might have me as your mistress?” He nuzzled her throat gently. “Because I realized during the past…

— Lisa Kleypas

“In psychological terms, he was neurotic and she was uncommonly sane. His inevitable eruptions would not threaten the marriage, because she was the center…

— Joseph J. Ellis

“They hadn’t been married long and she hated to disillusion him so soon. Once he met the family, he might well have serious doubts…

— Debbie Macomber

“Her feelings about marriage were . . . fanciful and unrealistic.”

— Melanie Dickerson

“Before marriage she had completely mastered my imagination, for she was a secret to me; and I created the unknown thought before which I…

— George Eliot

“I had to keep in mind that she's married and that she didn’t stray. A man who couldn’t satisfy her.”

— Ava Bellamy