Marriage Quote by Elizabeth Noble

“There was something about a wedding. No matter how much you put into it, you could always put in more. There was always someone…

— ann brashares

“She says a wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth.”

— Kate Chopin

“She'd like to say more, and explain that her years of marriage had so degraded her expectation of happiness that to sit cradling a…

— Sarah Perry

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

— Marius Gabriel

“Brides never fare well in stories. Stories can sense happiness and snuff it out like a candle.”

— Carmen Maria Machado

“I lay on the bed and shut my eyes, thinking that nobody really likes marriage, that it's a flawed arrangement, that people get enthusiastic…

— Frederick Barthelme

“Wanting to get married, for me, is all about a desire to feel chosen.” She went on to write that while the concept of…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Oh, she loved weddings and longed for the day she would have her own. The day when she would be kissed like that by…

— J.B. McGee

“But she had recently come to think that in such unhappy times--when the odds were so high against personal happiness--to find love was miraculous,…

— Bernard Malamud

“We had been given flowers, good food, and a soft bed, all in exchange for declaring our love. I thought we might go from…

— William Klaber

“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

“Afterward, she’d graciously analyzed every single nuance with me until she was convinced we were going to have a double wedding—our childhood dream—and I…

— Rachel Higginson