Love Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

“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

“Marriage isn’t about romance. It’s about commitment through the drudgery of everyday life, when the moonlight and roses have turned to sick children and…

— Melinda Leigh

“In modern times couples are more concerned about loyalty than love.”

— Amit Kalantri

“When we approach marriage expecting our needs to be met, we have not understood the real nature of love, and we are sowing the…

— Christopher Ash

“Marriage is based on a more enduring kind of love.”

— Kate Atkinson

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

— Alain de Botton

“All marriages are like this. The component parts are contempt and irritation because we know each other by heart, by rote; we're all graduates…

— Ann Petry

“To me, love is paramount when choosing a mate. It will stand the test of time when the winds blow and the tempest of…

— Melody Anne

“Marriage is a journey of disasters, only to fall in love all over again, with the person that rescues you each time.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Though I said that affection was the greatest enemy of love, I would never deny that it's a very good substitute. I'm not sure…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Marriage breeds its own special brand of loneliness, and it’s far more cruel. You miss more, because you’ve known more.”

— Melanie Benjamin

People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other

— Nicholas Sparks