Marriage Quote by Alice McDermott Download Open image ““Her husband was asleep beside her. She could”” — Alice McDermott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Marriage Sleep
“She could've slept then. She wanted to. Sleep was blind, it was deaf, and it would take her away from this room and these… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
“But for now, she would lie in her husband's arms, her eyes closed and her body still against his, thinking that if this was… — Cristina Alger Copy Share Image
“There was silence in her head and silence beneath her window, and still she could not sleep.” — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
“It were … she’d fell asleep, and she’d fell asleep on him. Like she trusted him that much she could just sleep, she were… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
“The wife slept on, only roused by the cry of her child now and then, which seemed to have power over her, when far… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“In time, she eased into sleep, and her head rested against the plane of his shoulder. He held her and wondered that such a… — Dorien Kelly Copy Share Image
“Perhaps twenty minutes later he realized she had gone to sleep. He quietly removed his now stiff arm, then turned away. It must have… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“She wasn’t quiet. Neither was he. While it lasted, they were as close as two people could be. But afterward, she didn’t stay the… — Ruthie Knox Copy Share Image
“She slept a lot and didn't dream, and on most occasions she was sorry to wake up. Everything disappeared when she was asleep.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Sometimes she felt she had fallen asleep inside herself while she was wide awake working.” — Cara Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Some vestige of his race or of his sex made him think, whenever he looked out across the ocean: As it was before me… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“If you want to see how far we have not come from the cave and the woods, from the lonely and dangerous days of… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“John Keane pressed his chest to the steering wheel as he put the key in the ignition, taking a deep breath as he did,… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“The fourth contraction seized her and suddenly she was perspiring. She heard herself cry out and then she heard the children’s voices like sparks… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“THE TINY SPIDERS that lived in the higher branches of the downed tree (which now meant the branches that lay on the other side… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
What makes a sentence, a phrase, a moment, or a scene delightful? Something about recognizing the truth in it, hearing the music in it,… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“Michael had slipped beyond the crest of the dune. Jacob was lying flat out now, on his stomach, his little men all before him,… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“Not a soul,” Mary Keane said to her husband, the wind lifting her words, tossing them gently back over her shoulder, the way it… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“There wasn’t a tear to be seen on the faces of the men and women in the street as the two of them walked… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“His love for his children bore down on his heart with the weight of three heavy stones. There were all his unnamed fears for… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
“Mr. Persichetti knew that six weeks before its time and with a good thirty-minute ride to the hospital once the ambulance came (would it… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
Unmarried couples should get married - that's an excellent tax avoidance measure, if a bit drastic. — John Whiting Copy Share Image
I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job… — Taylor Hanson Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I don't like being away from home. That's one reason why I don't work as much as I used to [when I started my… — Jane Powell Copy Share Image
Luckily, the bullet that hit my chest never got to me. It was stopped by a silver case I got for my brother's wedding. — James Doohan Copy Share Image
Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself? I feel as though I am going out of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The thing about hitting kids is, think about if you were doing the same thing to another adult. Hitting your kid is really the… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“Take an interest in his appearance. Keeping his clothes in order is your job; encouraging him to look his best, and admiring him when… — Ellen Baker Copy Share Image
Females always say, you can't turn a hoe into a house wife, but steady be trying to turn a dog into a faithful man… — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
