Marriage Quote by Émile Zola

“In the midst of these fine gentlemen with their great names and their ancient traditions of respectability, the two women sat face to face,…

— Émile Zola

“Hortense was a wife; Valerie a mistress. Many men desire to have these two editions of the same work, although it is proof of…

— Honoré de Balzac

“She'd sighed the kind of long-suffering sigh he knew women gave when men were too thick-headed to understand the mysteries women were born understanding.”

— Sandra Marton

“She assured them,too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“the vast edifice of expectation and commitment that a marriage would pile on her.”

— Marius Gabriel

“She'd like to say more, and explain that her years of marriage had so degraded her expectation of happiness that to sit cradling a…

— Sarah Perry

“DeVere smiled. "A mistress is a fine thing, Ned, but a married mistress with a compacent husband is the very best bargain. They cost…

— Victoria Vane

“Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense tou whilt.”

— William Shakespeare

“Susannah was glad that, on principle, she rarely listened to men. Rarely believed, really, a word they said. No matter how much she might…

— Alice Walker

“They were so simple, men. When it came down to it, they were ruled by their erections. Even when she gave in to a…

— Lauren Blakely

“But they'd had disagreements through the years, some of which I'd seen resolved, some I hadn't, and they always pressed on. Mother had told…

— Anita Lustrea

“a woman whom the course of years had turned sour and to whom the vows meant poverty of spirit, chastity of humour, and obedience…

— Donna Leon