Being alone Quote by Nora Ephron

It seemed to me that the desire to get married - which, I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women…

— Nora Ephron

“The desire to get married is a basic and primal instinct in women. It's followed by another basic and primal instinct: the desire to…

— Nora Ephron

“This is not another book about seeking fulfillment in your singleness. As beings created in God’s image, we were designed for relationship—that’s why extended…

— Candace Watters

“Traister points out that our assumptions about single women are often guided by “an unconscious conviction that, if a woman is not wed, it’s…

— Mandy Len Catron

It takes something to get married: nerve, hope, a strong desire to make a certain statement - and it takes something to stay married:…

— Amy Bloom

Both men and women today see marriage not as a way of creating character and community but as a way to reach personal life…

— Timothy Keller

Sometimes I think, 'I need to get married soon.' Other days I think, 'Why get married?'

— Song Hye-kyo

“And why do most of us want marriage? Crave it for status or for stability that is an illusion. Marriage can’t protect you from…

— Delia Ephron

It is a mistake for women to think that life begins only with marriage. A woman can and must have an identity and feel…

— James E. Faust

“There comes a time in every woman's life when she is desperately desires to be married. At least, this is what I have always…

— Erynn Mangum

I think a lot of people who feel as though they desperately want to be married oftentimes simply desperately want to have a wedding.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Despite the myth that men are less committed, they are predisposed to desire marriage.

— Helen Fisher