Failure Quote by John Williams

“Sadly, expectations did not make for good marriages.”

— Sarah MacLean

“Even when the divorce papers had come in the mail, even when he’d finally signed them, he’d still felt married, still felt as if…

— Ann H. Gabhart

“When marriages fail, it is not increasing conflict that is the cause. It is decreasing affection and emotional responsiveness...”

— Sue Johnson

“And finally that I tend to regard marriage as a promise: the error is not in not keeping it but in making it. ”

— Gordon Sheppard

“But he knew full well that marriage vows were not a guarantee, nor a promise, of everlasting happiness.”

— Kristen Callihan

“He did not say so, but the words behind the words told me that he would rather have launched me into a good marriage…

— Jeanette Winterson

“All marriages endure an adjustment period at some point. Even I struggled with having an unmade bed and disarrayed closet on most days. For…

— Love Belvin

“It is lack of communication that leads to unhappy marriage.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“If a man doesn’t ask you to marry him -- or at least live with him -- after two years, he never will. It…

— Candace Bushnell

“Just because two people don’t wind up spending their entire lives together doesn’t mean their relationship was a failure.”

— Ted Michael

“Sometimes he does get things done. But his wife learns to be wary because he is so inconsistent. What she will remember is not…

— Melissa Orlov

“Marriage never stopped anyone from betraying.”

— Cristiane Serruya