Marriage Quote by Francette Phal

“[On what young husbands should say to their wives:] I have taken you in my arms, and I love you, and I prefer you…

— John Chrysostom

“...there’s a part of my heart or mind, or some spot where the two meet, a spot that isn’t mine because I’m a wife.…

— Helen Oyeyemi

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

— Alain de Botton

“If you had never known how good loving could be, you would not hate it so much with your husband.”

— Greg Keyes

“It was why marriages fell apart. It was why, if you valued your marriage, you kept a barricade around yourself and your feelings and…

— Liane Moriarty

“Marriage is like working in a coal mine. You hack away in the dark, day after day, busting rock, and you think you're not…

— Adriana Trigiani

“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

“But above all, marriage is about wanting to share your life with someone you really, truly love but staying with your spouse instead, no…

— Mrs. Stephen Fry

“When a husband is asked that question by his wife, he should say because he is madly in love with her. He can’t imagine…

— Mila Rossi

“You can believe I took you to be my wife. To honor, respect and protect, for all the days of our life.”

— Mira Lyn Kelly

“My husband doesn’t just love me. He knows how to love me. He knows what I need and when I need it, sometimes even…

— Nina Lane

“Marriage is so much about working on our character, being the right person, and changing as we grow and mature together.”

— Susan G. Mathis