Books Quote by Virginia Woolf

“Bride had become the centre of his world. He was nothing without her. If he had to obey her every word for the rest…

— Gena Showalter

“Brides never fare well in stories. Stories can sense happiness and snuff it out like a candle.”

— Carmen Maria Machado

“The lot of the bride to be wed before bed desired until rotten. The lot of the author to be read before bed admired…

— Roman Payne

“We are to save ourselves for the Bridegroom, as a bride saves herself for her husband.”

— James M. Hamilton Jr

“George, Lord Lyttelton had said, How much the wife is dearer than the bride.”

— Jan Karon

“This bride will give up the selfish riches of this world to inherit the earth. She will be so ruined and wrecked by love…

— Heidi Baker

“I won't stay in with married men any more said the wise girl they're too agreeable, it's a little too much like curling up…

— Norman Mailer

“Only a foolish man will wed her who comes easily to his bed.”

— Lisa Klein

“She says a wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth.”

— Kate Chopin

“When a marriage dies, there’s no corpse to grieve over, no place to put flowers.”

— Alex A. King

“Why is that fairy-tales always treat marriage as an ending? And always such a perfectly happy one?”

— Salman Rushdie

“Rather than envy, anticipation, or joy, what I feel when I look at the bride is a shortness of breath. I hear the echo…

— Nicole Hardy