Marriage

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
- Andre Maurois, pseudonym of Émile Herzog, 1885 - 1967

A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement.
- Ann Landers, 1918 - 2002

Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate.
- Barnett Brickner

Story writers say that love is concerned only with young people, and the excitement and glamour of romance end at the altar. How blind they are. The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.
- Irving Stone

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.
- Simone Signoret

I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've experienced pain and bought jewelry.
- Rita Rudner