Marriage Quote by Walter Isaacson

“For my wife Deborah, for allowing me to bask in her light and become more.”

— Richard Wagamese

“Had his chancellor and his wife become enchanted by Lady Dorothea? He was not enchanted. He only wanted to delve deeper into her temperament.…

— Melanie Dickerson

“She was amazing. Beautiful. A pain in his ass. Flighty, stubborn, irritating, persistent. He wanted her more than any other woman he’d ever wanted…

— Karen Erickson

“She was always trying to be what her husband wished, and never able to repose on his delight in what she was.”

— George Eliot

“I could not begin to mourn Deborah or my mind would ride off with me. There was nothing so delicate in all the world…

— Norman Mailer

“She was close in her husband's arms; she clung to him; whatever of strangeness and slowness and insularity she might find in him, none…

— Sinclair Lewis

“He was accustomed to women wanting him. What shocked him was the simple fact that he wanted her. Not hot, energetic sex. Not a…

— Anne Stuart

“Besides, what do I know about being a wife? There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.”

— C.J. Redwine

“He was giving her the most important thing he could, the only way he knew how. He was a professor, a lover of stories,…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“He remembered the gracefulness with which she moved in battle—like liquid flesh. There was no one quite like his wife, and he never felt…

— Nadia Scrieva

“And she was attractive. She had an unusual mixture of innocence and individuality. A man who loved her might waken all kinds of passions…

— Anne Perry

“Throughout her life, she behaved as if she had never heard anyone suggest that a woman couldn't do entirely as she pleased.”

— Francine Prose