“Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.”
Marriage is a long conversation, and these quotes capture many of its chapters — the romance, the compromise, the arguments, the inside jokes, and the deep comfort of being truly known by another person over decades.
“I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast cancer.”
“Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.”
“I am hoping this is my year to have children. I understand that I am possibly more European in my views of marriage. I am not going to say I'm not going to get married, but it's not my priority.”
“I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.”
“My first marriage was very traditional, in the church, and then we left the church and went to the reception hall. So this time, I'd like to go fairy tale all the way.”
“Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.”
“Marriage is a religious and state issue.”
“Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.”
“I'm all for same-sex marriage.”
“A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.”
“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?”
“Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.”
“Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.”
“A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.”
“My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.”
“The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.”