Constraints Quote by T.C. Boyle

“There was a lot to be said for the discipline of married life. It forced one to learn the art of compromise, and to…

— John Connolly

“he saw his marriage becoming what most of the other marriages about him were: a dull association of material and social interests held together…

— Edith Wharton

“There are trials and mistakes and even wars along the path of marriage.”

— Patti Callahan Henry

“Marriage, each of them realized intuitively, was about compromise and forgiveness. It was about balance, where one person complemented the other.”

— Nicholas Sparks

“Marriage is a game. They (the anxious and powerful) set the rules. We (the ordinary and subversive) bow obediently before those rules. And then…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“It was a good thing that when it came to married men, she was a girl with a firm moral compass, or else she…

— Kiran Manral

“Nevertheless, we cannot escape the suspicion that individuality might be inhibited by marriage, and we wonder whether people in open relationships might not really…

— Daniel Bullen

“Marriage: a deeply peculiar and ultimately unkind thing to inflict on anyone one claims to care for.”

— Alain de Botton

“For society, marriage is undoubtedly beneficial. But the burdens of civilized morality are too heavy for many to bear.”

— Jed Rubenfeld

“These characters might not have wed, but their lack of husbands constrained and defined them, just as surely as marriage would have. They”

— Rebecca Traister

“Was this what marriage was, the slow process of getting to know another individual far better than was advisable? Sometimes [his] gestures and inflections…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

“He never married. But he wrote a good book.”

— George MacDonald