Better half Quote by Anju Shylaja Kumar Download Open image ““For them, wives were never the better half. They were better and the half merely existed.”” — Anju Shylaja Kumar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Better half Indian-fiction Marriage Patriarchy Religion
“Among themselves, they had figured out how to go about marriage so as to accomplish the least damage. The husbands lived two hours away...” — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“In my day, husbands and wives showed each other a suitable level of indifference.” — Ashlyn Macnamara Copy Share Image
“the wife who could be contented with but one half of her husband’s affections, had never deserved to engage the slightest share of them.” — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
“Husbands were to be avoided in the pre-thirty years. There was always time for marriage and children; was the common refrain. You couldn’t give… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“These characters might not have wed, but their lack of husbands constrained and defined them, just as surely as marriage would have. They” — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
“He wished he understood women better. It was a well-known fact that they did not mean half of what they said. But which half… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“They would face many more hardships in the days to come. They wouldn’t be perfect and neither would their marriage. But they could still… — Jody Hedlund Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the truth was there was no perfect marriage, just some really good ones.” — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
“How Many Marriages Would Be Better If the Husband and the Wife Clearly Understood That They're On the Same Side?” — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“Oh, yes, how remiss of me. I forgot that you can have an entire herd of wives.” — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my better half, I still… — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
“I rolled my eyes at the newcomer. "Hello, Carter." I'd known the angel was lurking in the kitchen, just as Peter had felt me… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
We are biologically designed to both need and want a better half for protection, for procreation, and for community. Wanting such is not oppressive,… — Brett Cooper Copy Share Image
For the better half of my early 20s, I was Bubble Girl. When I found out I had leukemia at 22 my world suddenly… — Suleika Jaouad Copy Share Image
“Mock you!" repeated he earnestly, "no I revere you! I esteem and I admire you above all human beings! you are the friend to… — Fanny Burney Copy Share Image
“As high as the fire in me burns, Evie, I will stoke it in you." "Sebastian..."She strained a little, and he pinned her more firmly against the table. "It's my right to kiss you," he reminded her. "whenever I want, for as long as I want. That was our bargain." She threw an agitated glance around the room, and he… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share
“Happily Single is holding out for the best and letting go of the rest. It’s saying “I will and I can” to yourself before you say “I do” to someone else. It means you’re not looking for a better half because you are already whole. And ultimately, it means that someday when you do invite someone to join you on… — Mandy Hale Copy Share
Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so brutal as his abuse of… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Taking mathematics from the beginning of the world to the time when Newton lived, what he had done was much the better half. — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image