Husband and wife Quote by Jacqueline Carey

“These characters might not have wed, but their lack of husbands constrained and defined them, just as surely as marriage would have. They”

— Rebecca Traister

“Marriage is the art of balancing the desires of each, within the hearts of both, and doing so without uneven sacrifice of either.”

— Renee Duvall

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

— Judith James

“I realized that marriage is not only about exchanging vows, but it is about two people who equally make a continuous effort to honour…

— Gift Gugu Mona

“We knew marriage could be difficult in the same way that we knew there were starving children in Africa. It was a tragic fact…

— Jonathan Tropper

“To an outsider it seems a vital ingredient of many marriages that each partner should support the illusions of the other.”

— Julian Fellowes

“Any good marriage is secret territory, a necessary white space on society's map. What others don't know about it is what makes it yours.”

— Stephen King

“There are trials and mistakes and even wars along the path of marriage.”

— Patti Callahan Henry

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

— Alain de Botton

“Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young…

— Jane Austen

“Did all women married to well-known men struggle for recognition?”

— Nancy Horan

“To marry is to narrow one's possibilities horribly.”

— Jude Morgan