Marriage Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

“In my day, husbands and wives showed each other a suitable level of indifference.”

— Ashlyn Macnamara

“But they both agreed that it's always nice to know that your wife is desired by another man, although they wouldn't go any further…

— Paulo Coelho

“I learned long ago, Livvy, that a wife must love her husband's dreams as much as she loves him. Because the two are inseparable.…

— Tamera Alexander

“I might not be the most sensitive type of bloke, but even I knew that asking one woman to be my wife whilst still…

— Lesley Jones

“Her husband seemed to her now like a person whom she had married without love as an excuse.”

— Kate Chopin

“Men of sense, whatever you may chuse to say, do not want silly wives.”

— Jane Austen

“But she would have soon found out that you were absolutely indifferent to her. And when a woman finds that out about her husband,…

— Oscar Wilde

“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

“They are married, after all, in every way that matters. The difficulty is that they appear not to have noticed. And one is somewhat…

— Chris Dee

“A wife is a friend first, a lover second, and third and probably most important, a maid.”

— Jarod Kintz

“You have family, Max, on Earth?” He gave a quick shake of his head. “No? Wife? Girlfriend?” “I’m too grumpy to have a husband.”…

— James Cox

“Her husband, like her children, was a person who often annoyed her but whom she loved very deeply.”

— Coral Lansbury