Community Quote by Stephanie Coontz

Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.

— Helene D. Gayle

Modern marriage is first and foremost a romantic and private union, but the tax laws and inheritance laws and religious implications that still surround…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Marriage emerged some forty-five hundred years ago and evolved into a widespread and accepted institution that bonded families, maintained order, and created wealth. Unlike…

— Robi Ludwig

It is obvious that all sense has gone out of modern marriage; which is, however, no objection to marriage but to modernity.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Each marriage bears the footprints of economic and cultural trends which originate far outside marriage.

— Arlie Russell Hochschild

The difficulties and hazards of marriage are greatly increased where backgrounds are different

— Spencer W. Kimball

Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let's face it.

— Tennessee Williams

We now live in a culture of the temporary, in which more and more people are simply giving up on marriage as a public…

— Pope Francis

Marriage is hard at best;disagreements and difficult adjustments abound.While no one must live in an adusive and dangerous relationship,accepting the difficulties of poverty,hardship,and disappointment…

— Mariane Corbito

Americans love marriage too much. We rush into mariage with abandon, expecting a micro-Utopia on earth. We pile all our needs onto it, our…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“The other side of mental blanketing - the buffing and puffing up of marriage to keep it seeming shiny and magical - is up…

— Bella DePaulo

Unemployment, low wages, and poverty discourage family formation and erode family stability, making it less likely that individuals will marry in the first place…

— Stephanie Coontz