Dinner party Quote by Suzanne Stroh

Don't say 'wife.' I'm your mistress. Wife's such an ugly word. Your 'permanent mistress' is so much more tangible and desirable… .

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wife: a former sweetheart.

— H. L. Mencken

“What would you like to call me?" That made her pause. "Husband" was too human, "partner" factually wrong for a being as powerful as…

— Nalini Singh

I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.

— Tom Hanks

I hate the word 'partner' so much.

— Jonathan Franzen

Every wife is a 'Mistress' of her Husband. 'Miss' for one year and 'Stress' for rest of the life.

— Thegr81

“Quiet! My wife!' 'Is she sleeping?' 'Sleeping? She never sleeps! No, you fool, she hunts !' 'Hunts? What does she hunt?' 'Not what. Who.…

— Steven Erikson

“A wife is meant to be cherished and to be treated with a gentle hand, while a mistress is a convenient cunt to rut…

— Sylvia Day

She viewed us as being married. There were times in order to avoid confusion that she would present me as, 'My husband, Rob,' but…

— Robert Wolders

“Sir, your wife is living; that is a fact acknowledged this morning by yourself. If I lived with you as you desire, I should…

— Charlotte Brontë

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly,…

— William Wycherley

“I think it's 'only polite' that my wife should let me know when she's entertaining a male visitor, furthermore one that has shared her…

— Charlaine Harris