Love Quote by Enid Shomer

“None was more indifferent to convention than herself, and the marriage tie especially excited her ridicule, but she despised entirely those who disregarded the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without affection.”

— Jane Austen

“Nevertheless, we cannot escape the suspicion that individuality might be inhibited by marriage, and we wonder whether people in open relationships might not really…

— Daniel Bullen

“No one marries for love, except in stories. People marry for property and position, and one day so will you.”

— Judith James

“He regarded marriage as an arbitrary and essentially adversarial relationship, akin to the yoking of prisoners on the chain gang.”

— T.C. Boyle

“Her feelings about marriage were . . . fanciful and unrealistic.”

— Melanie Dickerson

“Marriage: a deeply peculiar and ultimately unkind thing to inflict on anyone one claims to care for.”

— Alain de Botton

“She fought for the right to love, men and women, rejecting the conventions that marriage demands exclusive love, and that women should love only…

— Nigel Nicolson

“No one seems to criticize the pastoral functions of baptizing or marrying, but warning against carnality and exposing lukewarmness are not readily received!”

— Frank Damazio

“Marriage for love is the beautifulest external symbol of the union of souls, marriage without it is the uncleanliest traffic that defiles the world.”

— Olive Schreiner

“My wedding day took place on a non-descript afternoon in the middle of January, well away from any big deal occasions like Christmas or…

— Kerry Fisher

“With her Florentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in love with several people…

— Gabriel García Márquez