Adulthood Quote by Elizabeth Wein

“I had wanted to get married, but I realized now that I never wanted to be a 'wife.”

— Jill Bialosky

“I wanted a divorce, so I bought myself a house, to give me the incentive to stay married.”

— Jarod Kintz

“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

“Well, I really don't advise a woman who wants to have things her own way to get married.”

— Virginia Woolf

“I don't want to make a mistake and marry the wrong woman. I'd rather be alone.”

— Danielle Steel

“But the fact is, I looked at my life and realized I already had what people sought in marriage.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“You shouldn't marry someone you thought you could live with, you should marry someone you thought you couldn't live without.”

— Carole Matthews

“Getting married had been all his idea, but he hadn't told her how very afraid of it he was. He seemed to need to…

— Paula McLain

“Now, I didn’t approve of this marriage, but you’ve made your decision and you can’t come running back home just because the going gets…

— Anonymous

“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

“Well, I do call that a lot of nonsense. I can understand a man wishing he hadn’t married and trying to get out of…

— Evelyn Waugh