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Is this a proposal? I'm married now, you know. By Rod Steiger Proposal Married

Marriage (noun): betting someone half your stuff that you'll love them forever. By Julie Johnson Marriage Noun Betting Forever Half

Marriage, after all, is only a little detail in life. By Orna Ross Marriage Life Detail

The matrimonial shoe pinches me. By Amelia Barr Matrimonial Shoe Pinches

I'll cry if I want to. You will cease orderingme about!"He raised an eyebrow. "You dare to issueme orders?"She flushed, but at least she wasn't cryingany longer."Now tell me about this brand on yourthigh. Your father's crest. I'd like to see it."176/756She went crimson and she backed up astep until her back met with the ledge of thewindow. "I will not do something so indecentas to show you my leg!""When we're married, I'll see more thanthat," he said mildly."Married? Married? I'm not marrying you,Laird. I'm not marrying anyone. Not yetanyway. By Maya Banks Married Cry Marrying Eyebrow Cease

In the process of planning and having a wedding, I forgot there would actually be a marriage, a union of minds, bodies, souls, and issues that would come together as soon as the ceremony was over. By Iyanla Vanzant Bodies Souls Wedding Marriage Minds

American WeddingIn america,I place my ring on your cock where it belongs.No horsemen bearing terror, no soldiers of doomwill swoop in and sweep us apart.They're too busy looting the land to watch us.They don't know we need each other critically.They expect us to call in sick, watch television all night,die by our own hands. They don't know we are becoming powerful. Every time we kiss we confirm the new world coming.What the rose whispersbefore bloomingI vow to you.I give you my heart, a safe house. I give you promises other thanmilk, honey, liberty.I assume you will alwaysbe a free man with a dream.In america,place your ringon my cock where it belongs.Long may we liveto free this dream. By Essex Hemphill Watch American Terror Sick Hands

Married, married. My ring on your finger. Yours on mine. Till death do us part," he rattles off. "Come on Mabes, it's the next logical step. We've been living together for long enough. It's time to make an honest man out of me.""We've been living together for five hours," I say, looking at the clock. He shrugs. "When it's right, it's right. By Lily Morton Married Living Mabes Finger Ring

He holds my gaze, and the look in his eyes is a love letter in itself. When he speaks, his voice is rough. "Will you marry me, Cate?"I go still, the question hanging in the air. I have never felt more accepted 'for the girl I am, not the girl I want to be' never more loved and respected than I am in this moment. It's a choice, and it's mine to make."Yes," I breathe.Finn slides the simple gold band onto my ring finger. I tilt it, and the ruby sparkles, catching the sunlight. He leans down and brushes his lips against mine, sealing the promise. 'I can't wait to make you my wife.''Cate Belastra.' I try it out and despite the solemnity of the moment, despite knowing what this will cost him, I can't help smiling. By Jessica Spotswood Gaze Holds Eyes Love Letter

A wedding is at once a crowded place and a private room, packed with trusts and empty of all but the heart's letters which one other heart may read and decipher. By Mark Mcmorris Heart Room Packed Decipher Wedding

Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey ... By Dietrich Bonhoeffer Things Journey Wedding Occasion Joy

At the end of that week, Navin arrived to marry me. I was repulsed by the sight of him, not because I had betrayed him but because he still breathed, because he was there for me and had countless more days to live. And yet without his even realizing it, firmly but without force, Navin pulled me away from you, as the final gust of autumn wind pulls the last leaves from the trees. We were married, we were blessed, my hand was placed on top of his, and the ends of our clothing were knotted together. I felt the weight of each ritual, felt the ground once more underfoot. By Jhumpa Lahiri Navin Week Arrived Marry Felt

With headlines like "Marry Now or Never," the specter of marriage loomed. It was a constant fear, a threat, a reminder. But Sylvia wasn't baited by those pretty tales of line and hook: the bride-white cake, the prime rib and steak, marriage- that bleak fable- with Husband cast as warden, the future dead clear and blighted. By Elizabeth Winder Marry Loomed Headlines Specter Marriage

CHAPTER LI AFFORDING AN EXPLANATION OF MORE MYSTERIES THAN ONE, AND COMPREHENDING A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WITH NO WORD OF SETTLEMENT OR PIN-MONEY By Charles Dickens Chapter Affording Explanation Mysteries Comprehending

Marriage is like a golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity. By Khalil Gibran Marriage Chain Eternity Golden Ring

I even yelled at you last night." Phin eased up. "For which I apologize.""It was kind of nice," Sophie said. "At least you know I was there.""Oh hell, Spohie, I always know you're there." Phin rolled twords her on one hip, and Sophie felt felt a flare of hope, but he was just digging something out of his back pocket. "Here." He weld out an emerald-cut diamond ring the size of her head. "Marry me, Julie Ann. Ruin the rest of my life.""Hello." Sophie gasped at the ring. "Jeez, that thing is huge. Where did you get it?""My mother gave it to me," Phin said sounding bemused. Then the other shoe dropped. "Marry you?" Sophie said, and the sun came out and the birds to sing and the river sent up a cheer. Marriage was probably out- Liz as a mother-in-law was too terrifying to complete , and Phin would never get elected agian if he was married to a pornographer- but suddenly everything else was looking pretty good. By Jennifer Crusie Sophie Phin Night Marry Yelled

All I have to do is pose for a picture and I'm getting married to the person standing next to me. By Steven Spielberg Pose Picture Married Person Standing

There is no marriage without engagement By Evan Wolfson Engagement Marriage

Several years ago, I was creating a Christmas present for the family, a self-published cookbook featuring recipes my grandmother had collected and created over decades. While interviewing her for the biographical section, she began to talk about her courtship with my late grandfather. By Kristina Mcmorris Christmas Ago Family Decades Years

A large proportion of mankind, like pigeons and partridges, on reaching maturity, having passed through a period of playfulness or promiscuity, establish what they hope and expect will be a permanent and fertile mating relationship. This we call marriage. By C.d. Darlington Mankind Partridges Maturity Promiscuity Establish

Marriage is the beginning and pinnacle of civilization. By Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Marriage Civilization Beginning Pinnacle

Franny and Leo didn't talk about marriage, except sometimes sentimentally in bed, his hands spreading wide across her back, and even then it was only to say how quickly they would have married had it not been for the future and the past. What By Ann Patchett Leo Franny Marriage Bed Back

ALGERNON. I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.JACK. I have no doubt about that, dear Algy. The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted.ALGERNON. Oh! there is no use speculating on that subject. Divorces are made in Heaven- ... By Oscar Wilde Algernon Romantic Proposing Algy Heaven

You just couldn't wait to get me naked, could you, Princess?" Loki asked tiredly. I started to pull my hand back, but he put his own hand over it, keeping it in place."No, I - I was checking for wounds," I stumbled. I wouldn't meet his gaze."I'm sure." He moved his thumb, almost caressing my hand, until it hit my ring. "What's that?" He tried to sit up to see it, so I lifted my hand, showing him the emerald-encrusted oval on my finger. "Is that a wedding ring?""No, engagement." I lowered my hand, resting it on the bed next to him. "I'm not married yet.""I'm not too late, then." He smiled and settled back in the bed."Too late for what?" I asked."To stop you, of course." Still smiling, he closed his eyes. By Amanda Hocking Princess Hand Naked Wait Ring

Marriage is a bike, not a unicycle By Shon Hyneman Marriage Bike Unicycle

A toe shoe is as eccentric as the ballerina who wears it: their marriage is a commitment. By Toni Bentley Commitment Toe Shoe Eccentric Ballerina

The decision to get married will impact one's life more deeply than almost any decision in life. Yet people continue to rush into marriage with little or no preparation for making a marriage successful. In fact, many couples give far more attention to making plans for the wedding than making plans for marriage. The wedding festivities last only a few hours, while the marriage, we hope, will last for a lifetime By Gary Chapman Decision Life Marriage Making Married

Marriage is a decades-long experiment, conducted mostly in private; a test of will in the face of unexpected obstacles. By Jojo Moyes Marriage Experiment Conducted Private Obstacles

Marriage is a long, dull meal with dessert served at the beginning. By Oscar Wilde Marriage Long Dull Beginning Meal

Marriage is a public declaration of a man and a woman that they have formed a secret alliance, with theintention to belong to, and share witheach other, a mystical estate; mysticalexactly in the sense that the realexperience cannot be communicated toothers, nor explained even to oneselfon rational grounds. By Katherine Anne Porter Marriage Alliance Estate Mysticalexactly Toothers

Marriage is a duet or duel. By Emile Augier Marriage Duel Duet

May these nuptials be blessed for us, may this marriage be blessed for us, May it be ever like milk and sugar, this marriage like wine and halvah. May this marriage be blessed with leaves and fruits like the date tree; May this marriage be laughing forever, today,tomorrow, like the houris of paradise. May this marriage be the sign of compassion and the approval of happiness here and hereafter; May this marriage be fair of fame, fair of face and fair of omen as the moon in the azure sky. I have fallen silent for words cannot describe how the spirit has mingled with this marriage By Jalaluddin Rumi Marriage Blessed Fair Sugar Halvah

Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic. By Jemima Khan Asianstyle Marriage Practical Contractual Mind

Romantic love is ambulatory by nature, and it must be anchored in strata more stable than lust if it's to last. Marital disintegration is accelerated when only one, or neither, party is grounded and growing, or growing at different rates or in different directions. As I became increasingly interested in cultural matters, matters of the mind and spirit, my teenage bride waxed more and more materialistic. By Tom Robbins Romantic Nature Love Ambulatory Anchored

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy. By Mary Astell Love Action World Heroick Marry

Marriage is two people in love standing in the same bathroom By Austin Kleon Marriage Bathroom People Love Standing

Nicholas broke the seal and scanned the contents. He looked up at Marcus with a chuckle. "Why, it appears you may get your wish for perpetual bachelorhood after all. She wants to end your engagement."Marcus started from his chair. "The hell she does! What's possessed her?""Perhaps she realizes your extreme reluctance to tie the knot after waiting ... what is it? Five years since your betrothal announcement?""Six," Marcus snapped. "But who's counting.""Perhaps Miss Trent?" Nick needled with a quirk of his lips.- A BREACH OF PROMISE By Victoria Vane Marcus Nicholas Contents Broke Seal

I think there's a part of us that would like to use the fact that we're married, but you don't want the idea that we're married to overshadow the project itself.We're just looking for something that's so specific and good that it becomes a part of the story of why we did it rather than when we go to do press it's, 'Oh, my God, you're married and that's the only thing we want to talk about.' If we can merge both, that could be great. By John Krasinski Married Part God Project Fact

Love and passion begat marriage in my world. Yet in my grandparents' world, marriage began with practicality. My grandfather told me proudly of that day he first met my grandmother. He interviewed her, posing little riddles to test her common sense. "Supposing you have to take the children to school and you're late and it's supposed to rain," he said. "Would you take a taxi or a bus?" My grandmother said, "Well, first I'd take an umbrella." Ice cream in Central Park, this was not. By Padma Lakshmi World Love Marriage Passion Begat

Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed; they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty. By Samuel Johnson Marriage Common Process Exchange Chance

Some years ago, I read an article about two people in the arts (alas, I can't remember who they were) who'd been married for many, many years. Asked for the secret of their long partnership, they said: "We fell straight into conversation when we met, and we haven't come to the end of that conversation yet."I can't think of a better model for marriage than that. Or of a narrative more romantic ... By Terri Windling Alas Years Ago Arts Read

You are wed. You are husband and wife. It is done." It is done. By Morgan Rhodes Wed Wife Husband

I'm a romantic; you have to be to marry four times. By Jay Mcinerney Romantic Times Marry

We only attain the true idea of marriage when we consider it as a spiritual uniona union of immortal affections, of undying faculties, of an imperishable destiny. By Edwin Hubbel Chapin Affections Faculties Destiny Attain True

Procreation will be an annual formality like the renewal of a ration card. By George Orwell Procreation Card Annual Formality Renewal

I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word, love. But that's a good thing. In life, never be predictable. It's so uncool. By Michael Kirby Love High Court Word Coming

When the vows were said and the rings were on, the officiant pronounced us husband and wife. I drew Sydney to me and kissed her, full of love and life and the happiness of what we had in store for us. By Richelle Mead Wife Vows Rings Officiant Pronounced

Marriage is the last sacrament available to modern man, and with the terrible destruction of interpersonal relations by capitalism and its war-making State, it is not very available, nor is it surely enduring. But then, vision does not come with guarantees. By Kenneth Rexroth State Marriage Man Enduring Sacrament

For this was a kiss of definition. A kiss of understanding. For a marriage absent pretense. And a love without design. By Renee Ahdieh Kiss Definition Understanding Pretense Design

Together they will spend a happy hour seated side by side ... , while Ivy's tender hand guides Duffy's as he traces out laboriously, in pencil, over and over until he has them off pat, the magic letters of his name. More than the wedding itself, that little ceremony there under the lamp, all silent save for the soft scratching of graphite on paper, will mark the true beginning of their life together. By John Banville Side Spend Happy Hour Seated

Few are the hearts whose happy lot it is at once to recognize in each other's voices the partner intended for them by Providence, and to fly into a reciprocal and perfectly harmonious embrace. With most of us the courtship is of long duration. By Edwin A. Abbott Providence Embrace Hearts Happy Lot

Marriage is like a dull meal with the dessert at the beginning. By Denis Leary Marriage Beginning Dull Meal Dessert

Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her. By Helen Rowland Wedding Point Man Stops Toasting

My love has placed her little hand With noble faith in mine, And vowed that wedlock's sacred band Our nature shall entwine. My love has sworn, with sealing kiss, With me to live to die; I have at last my nameless bliss: As I love loved am I! By Charlotte Bronte Love Mine Entwine Hand Noble

Take it from me, marriage isn't a word - it's a sentence. By King Vidor Marriage Word Sentence

I will, I do, Amen, Here Here, Let's eat, drink and be merry. Marriage is the public spectacle of private parts: cheque-books and genitals, house-wares, fainthearts,all doubts becalmed by kissingaunt, a priest's safe homily, those tinkling glasses tightening those ties that truly bindus together forever, dressed to the nines. Darling, I reckon maybe thirty years,given our ages and expectancies. Barring the tragic or untimely, say, ten thousand mornings, ten thousand evenings, please God, ten thousand moistened nights like this, when, mindless of these vows, our opposites,nonetheless, attract. Thus, love's subtactraction:the timeless from the ordinary times -- nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine. By Thomas Lynch Amen Ten Thousand Eat Drink

I want no proof of affection but of engagement I do. By Jane Austen Proof Affection Engagement

The kiss was brief and gentle, scarcely more than the formality that concludes a wedding, yet as striking in its impact as though they had this minute plighted a troth. By Diana Gabaldon Gentle Scarcely Wedding Troth Kiss

Marriage is destinie, made in heaven. By John Lyly Marriage Destinie Made Heaven

A wedding is a ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable. By Ambrose Bierce Undertakes Supportable Wedding Ceremony Persons

We are gathered here tonight to join these two lives, these two hearts, these two souls, in marriage. If there is anyone present here today who objects to this union, please take it up with the two armed federal agents who are getting hitched." Zane By Abigail Roux Lives Hearts Souls Marriage Gathered

Courtship is romantic. Marriage ... is an act of will," said Pippa, taking a sip of water. "I mean, I adore Herb. But the marriage functions because we will it to. If you leave love to hold everything together, you can forget it. By Rebecca Miller Courtship Romantic Pippa Herb Marriage

Wait a minute." Daddy sounded amused. "What do you mean 'we'? I thought this was my treasure.""Technically, I don't think that's possible anymore." Mommy sounded smug. "We're mated, married, and as I just realized the other day, we have no prenup. By Thea Harrison Wait Minute Technically Sounded Daddy

I'm not a romantic. By Jack Kevorkian Romantic

Ay, marriage is the life-long miracle, The self-begetting wonder, daily fresh. By Charles Kingsley Marriage Miracle Daily Fresh Lifelong

Undoubtedly, Baron Arald thought with a deep sense of pride and satisfaction, this would go down as the weddiong of the year. Perhaps of the decade.Already, it had the hallmarks of a roaring success . The Bores' Table was well attended with a group of eight people, currently vying to see who could be the most uninteresting, overbearing, and repetitive. Other guests glanced in their direction, giving silent thanks to the organizers who had seperated them from such dread-ful people.There had been inevitable tearful flouncing and shrill recriminations when a girlfriend of one of the younger warriors from Sir Rodney's Battleschool had caught her boyfriend kissing another girl in a darkened corridor. It wouldn't be a wedding reception without that, Arald thought. By John Flanagan Baron Undoubtedly Arald Satisfaction Year

An anniversary is a celebration of the triumph and tragedy of love. By Debasish Mridha Love Anniversary Celebration Triumph Tragedy

see the glint of a wedding ring as he By Jamie Klaire Glint Wedding Ring

Good girl. Test passed. I think I love you, Janie. Let's get married and not have children."My eyes widened for a brief moment; I felt sure he was teasing me but, looking into his dancing grey eyes, I knew he meant it as a compliment. I returned his smile. I liked Steven.Carlos broke the silence, "Ms. Morris, the job is yours if you'd like it.""Oh, please say yes." Steven's smile widened."To the proposal or the job? By Penny Reid Good Girl Janie Eyes Job

Kat's left hand was curled up against my thigh. For several minutes, I couldn't look away. What was it about the left hand? It was just a hand, and Kat had a really great hand and all, but it wasn't that. It was typically what went on the left hand, on the ring finger. God, thinking about rings and the left hand made me want to get out of this vehicle and do about a hundred laps, but being married to Kat- married? My brain tripped up over that word, but it wouldn't be terrible. Nah, it would be far from that. It would be sort of ... perfect. By Jennifer L. Armentrout Hand Left Kat Thigh Curled

There's a very generous donation in the parish's future if you make this fast. Ten minutes, at the most."Frowning, the man fumbled open his liturgy. "There's an established rite, Your Grace. Marriage must be entered into with solemnity and consideration. I don't know that I can rush""Ten minutes. One thousand guineas."The liturgy snapped closed. "Then again, what do a few extra minutes signify to an eternal God?" He beckoned Amelia with a fluttering, papery hand. "Make haste, child. You're about to be married. By Tessa Dare Ten Frowning Fast Minutes Generous

After love a formal feeling comes. By Joyce Carol Oates Love Formal Feeling

have to wait. We can get married in a few weeks. By Cathy Gillen Thacker Wait Weeks Married

Marriage is a mystery. By Peter Behrens Marriage Mystery

Death is our wedding with eternity. By Jalaluddin Rumi Death Eternity Wedding

Above all marriage is a new task and a new seriousness - a new challenge and a question regarding the strength and kindness of each participant and a new great danger for both. By Rainer Maria Rilke Seriousness Marriage Task Challenge Question

Are you sure about that, Mrs. Maddox?""Are you ever going to stop calling me that? You've said it a hundred times since we left the chapel."He shook his head as he held the cab door open for me. "I'll quit calling you that when it sinks in that this is real.""Oh, it's real all right," I said, sliding to the middle of the seat to make room. "I have wedding night memories to prove it.He leaned against me, running his nose up the sensitive skin of my neck until he reached my ear. "We sure do. By Jamie Mcguire Mrs Maddox Stop Calling Chapel

Let's elope." Zane By Abigail Roux Zane Elope

The New Jewish Wedding How By Anita Diamant Jewish Wedding

It's assumed we'll be giving a present togetherthat's what couples are supposed to do. After a while, you become part of a proper noun. We're Daniel-and-Mandy. By David Levithan Assumed Giving Present Togetherthat Couples

In that uncertain period when Paul and I had been separated for several months but were not yet sure we wanted to get divorced, we sat down together to scan a set of no-fault, do-it-yourself divorce documents we'd ordered over the phone, as if holding them in our hands would help us decide what to do. As we paged through the documents, we came across a question that asked the name we'd each have after the divorce. The line beneath the question was perfectly blank. On it, to my amazement, we could write anything. Be anyone. By Cheryl Strayed Paul Divorce Documents Divorced Nofault

It would seem that the full meaning of the word marriage can never be known by those who, at their first outspring into life, are surrounded by all that money can give. It requires the single sitting-room, the single fire, the necessary little efforts of self-devotion, the inward declaration that some struggle shall be made for that other one. By Anthony Trollope Life Give Full Meaning Word

Husband and wife, must complement each other. By Lailah Gifty Akita Husband Wife Complement

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police. By Robert Louis Stevenson Marriage Police Friendship Recognized

Not long after he and Margaret were married, he'd complimented her on a pot of yellow blossoms near the front door. She'd laughed, and blushed, and then confessed that weeks earlier, watching him walk around the vegetable garden, she'd slipped out, dug up a brick-sized clump of earth which held the clear impression of his right foot, and tucked it into the flower pot. In that earth she'd planted a chrysanthemum, hoping that as it bloomed year after year so would his love for her. How should he marry again, after that? By Andrea Barrett Margaret Married Door Pot Long

In Manhattan, marriage is a trend. Couples kiss over their arugula and radicchio salads. They fondle each other's genitals while devouring their pasta puttanesca. By the time the tiramisu arrives, they've slid under the table. By Cynthia Heimel Manhattan Marriage Trend Couples Salads

And really, a formal ceremony and a piecce of paper wasn't what made a marriage. It was the feeling bursting apart my chest-the overwhelming sensation that I'd been cleaved in two at birth, and, miraculously, I'd managed to find my other half. And even more miraculously, he felt the same. By S.c. Stephens Marriage Miraculously Formal Ceremony Piecce

Baby, it's not spur of the moment, and I'm thinking just fine. I've loved you since the first time I laid eyes on you. We've already wasted too much time. Jace Montgomery, be mine forever. Marry me on our terms before we leave this island.Just say yes. If I could move, I'd hold you, kiss you, beg you to say yes. Please, go find the chaplain and let's do this thing, right now. I don't want to destroy that marriage certificate. I want it to be real. I want to marry you. I want to say the words 'I do' in front of witnesses. By Kindle Alexander Baby Moment Fine Spur Thinking

It was meant to be a surprise. It was romantic." "You can't surprise a woman with a wedding. By Laurelin Paige Meant Surprise Romantic Wedding Woman

Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive. This is within the reach of every couple, every person. By Spencer W. Kimball Marriage Conceive Exultant Ecstasy Human

Marriage is the clue to human life, but there is no marriage apart from the wheeling sun and the nodding earth, from the strayingof the planets and the magnificence of the fixed stars. By D.h. Lawrence Marriage Life Earth Stars Clue

Marriage is the interview that never ends. By J.j. Murray Marriage Ends Interview

For the first time in my life, it occurred to me that perhaps I was asking too much of love. Or, at least, perhaps I was asking too much of marriage. Perhaps I was loading a far heavier cargo of expectation onto the creaky old boat of matrimony than that strange vessel had ever been built to accommodate in the first place. By Elizabeth Gilbert Life Love Time Occurred Marriage

Marriage: a hopeful, generous, infinitely kind gamble taken by two people who don't know yet who they are or who the other might be, binding themselves to a future they cannot conceive of and have carefully omitted to investigate. By Alain De Botton Marriage Generous Hopeful Infinitely Binding

Ceremony is an invention to take off the uneasy feeling which we derive from knowing ourselves to be less the object of love and esteem with a fellow-creature than some other person is. It endeavours to make up, by superior attentions in little points, for that invidious preference which it is forced to deny in the greater. By Charles Lamb Ceremony Invention Uneasy Feeling Derive

You never know the complicated deals two people negotiate in order to stay married beyond the first ten minutes. By Chuck Palahniuk Minutes Complicated Deals People Negotiate

Marriage, after all, was the known, not the unknown: the dull dinner party, not the madcap masquerade. It was a set of issues and events that audiences knew all too well offscreen. Unlike the wide-open frontier of the western, offering freedom and adventure, or the lyrical musical, with its fantasy of release through singing and dancing, or the woman's film, with its placing of a marginalized social figure (the woman) at the center of the universe, or the gangster movie, with its violent excitement and obvious sexual freedom, the marriage film had to reflect what moviegoers already had experienced: marriage, in all its boredom and daily responsibilities. By Jeanine Basinger Marriage Unknown Party Masquerade Dull

You want to get married? I'll marry you right now. Is the gnome a preacher, because I'll do it.""That's a hell of a proposal.""What did he say?" Astamur asked."He wants me to marry him."Astamur relayed it. Atsany waved his pipe and Astamur translated back. Ha!"What?" Curran Snarled."Atsany says you're not ready for marriage. You don't have the right temperament for it."Curran struggled with that for a second"Let me know if your head's going to explode, so I can duck. By Ilona Andrews Astamur Married Atsany Curran Marry

Our marriage is strictly in name only. It has never been consummated. By Latoya Jackson Marriage Strictly Consummated

[Marriage is] like signing a 356-page contract without knowing what's in it. By Ken Blanchard Marriage Contract Signing Knowing