Fear Quote by Justin Halpern

“I couldn't help but think of my mother's most life-altering mistake. Silly and romantic, getting married fresh out of high school to a man…

— Stephenie Meyer

“And then I got married and had kids and I got totally swallowed up by this ‘Mum’ persona. We were only meant to have…

— Liane Moriarty

“Several months later, I met the man I would later marry. As my mom got to know this last boyfriend, she accepted his kindness…

— Charles Benedict

“Even after so many years of marriage, there were things she didn't know about her husband's life!”

— Farahad Zama

“I’m going to end up like my mother. She left it too late to remember who she actually was before she became a wife.”

— Jojo Moyes

“And then my fairly strict, wedding-obsessed mother fell apart in my arms.”

— Debra Anastasia

“As I looked at [my future husband] I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the lesson she…

— Anna Quindlen

“Mothers! They promise you they'll never get married again, and next thing you know you're a bridesmaid.”

— Mindy Schanback

“Then he’d tell me all about his first year of marriage with my mother, and how they didn’t get along all at once, but…

— Eishes Chayil

“Oed. Must I not fear my mother’s marriage-bed?”

— Sophocles

“You know every story, every wound, every memory. Their whole life's happiness is wrapped up in you... every single second. Don't you get it?…

— Jackie Harrison

“And I loved her so much I couldn't conceive of ever parting from her; true, we never talked about marriage, but at least was…

— Milan Kundera