Husband and father Quote by Andre Dubus III

“Married against their will, kept in one room, and to one occupation, how could a dramatist give a full or interesting or truthful account…

— Virginia Woolf

“And so the little poet poetized away his never-ending poem and even the silliest woman could poetize with him. But they couldn't be together.…

— Nescio

“She had married him because she felt sage, because she'd had enough pain to last her a lifetime, and because although he had many…

— Jane Green

“And although he had never thought a wife with strong opinions was a good thing, he actually found he liked her opinions—or at least…

— Melanie Dickerson

“She ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry; and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to…

— Jane Austen

“Once, when our paths crossed, he told me that the kindest thing I’d ever done was to not marry him. Perhaps because he was…

— Lorraine Heath

“She's an irritating, opinionated woman, a type Buddy can't stand. I don't think he could see her for what she is. A person, deprived,…

— J.D. Salinger

“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

“No one had asked her to marry him, nor was there someone she wished to wed. Not that she did not enjoy the company…

— Janet Wallach

“In the busyness of living, he is the kind of man that makes a woman pause and write romantic poetry.”

— Terry a O'Neal

“She had influenced him more than any person he had ever known. And always in this way coming before him without his wishing it,…

— Virginia Woolf

“Hadn’t her father always told her never to trust strangers? He’d also promptly sold her into marriage to one, too. The thought struck her…

— Vivienne Savage